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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Dun (Downe), valet. Dun (Downe) John King. valet Dun requests that the chancellor...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/232/11552
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This record is about the John Dun (Downe), valet. Dun (Downe) John King. valet Dun requests that the chancellor... dating from [c. 1414] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/232/11552
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1414]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Dun (Downe), valet.
- Name(s)
- Dun (Downe), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- valet
- Nature of request
- Dun requests that the chancellor be commanded to make a writ of corpus cum causa directed to the sheriffs of London for the petitioner to make him appear before the chancellor where the causes of his imprisonment be determined in relief of his poor and small estate as he has been imprisoned at London to his great damage and disseisin at the wrongful suit of Pylcher.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Roger Pylcher
- John Sutton, sheriff of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1414 as there is a mention to John Sutton as one of the sheriffs of London and his term ran from Michaelmas 1413 to Michaelmas 1414 (List of Sheriffs, p.203).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 539.
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335111/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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