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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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Robert de Foxton, clerk. de Foxton Robert King. clerk Foxton requests that the council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/241/12034
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This record is about the Robert de Foxton, clerk. de Foxton Robert King. clerk Foxton requests that the council... dating from [1335] 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 8/241/12034
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Foxton, clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Foxton, Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Foxton requests that the council be commanded to do justice to him concerning the office of cyrographer, which he was granted for life by the late king, but he has now been ousted without cause, and the office granted to Shoreditch.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- People mentioned
- John de Shordych (Shoreditch).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1335 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 6 July 1335 [9 Edw. III] (C 81/222/8680).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.8680 in C 81/222
For another petition possibly by the same petitioner, see SC 8/342/16123
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439637/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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