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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
Item
Robert Humfrevill (Umfraville). Humfrevill (Umfraville) Robert King. Humfrevill requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/232/11554
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This record is about the Robert Humfrevill (Umfraville). Humfrevill (Umfraville) Robert King. Humfrevill requests... 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 8/232/11554
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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
- Robert Humfrevill (Umfraville).
- Name(s)
- Humfrevill (Umfraville), Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Humfrevill requests that Saundressone be delivered from the prison of the Bench by the mainprise of Humfrevill, Playce and the Hesill brothers. He has been imprisoned as he has been wrongfully indicted of felony.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Leicester, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- John Saundresson, chaplain
- Robert Playce
- William Hesill, auditor of the Exchequer
- Abel Hesill, brother of William Hesill and of the office of the privy seal.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1414 as it refers to an agreement made at Leicester, which probably refers to a complaint made to the Leicester parliament in April 1414.
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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 537.
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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/C9335113/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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