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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 de Suthewell (Southwell), clerk of Chancery. de Suthewell (Southwell) John King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/233/11632
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This record is about the John de Suthewell (Southwell), clerk of Chancery. de Suthewell (Southwell) John King.... dating from 1314 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 8/233/11632
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1314
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Suthewell (Southwell), clerk of Chancery.
- Name(s)
- de Suthewell (Southwell), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk of Chancery
- Nature of request
- Suthewell requests that for his long service to the late and present king making and writing the writs of the Crown that touch his peace and dignity for which he has received no reward, that he be granted letters to an abbot or prior of his avowry to grant him sustenance for life for him, 2 servants and 2 horses, and that he have letters to the archbishop of Canterbury to request his advancement by escheat, wardship or marriage.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king granted this petition at St Albans on 1 April in his seventh year.
- Places mentioned
- St Albans, [Hertfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1314 as the response is dated to 1 April 7 [Edw. II].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.97 (order to the abbot of Peterborough to admit the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335191/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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