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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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Adam de Fyncham (Fincham), king's clerk. de Fyncham (Fincham) Adam King. king's clerk...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/242/12095
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This record is about the Adam de Fyncham (Fincham), king's clerk. de Fyncham (Fincham) Adam King. king's clerk... dating from [1331] 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 8/242/12095
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Adam de Fyncham (Fincham), king's clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Fyncham (Fincham), Adam
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- king's clerk
- Nature of request
- Fyncham requests that the king send his letters of supplication to the pope and certain cardinals for dispensation for his son who is aged 20 years to continue in minor orders. Fyncham has long served the king, his father and grandfather before the justices before King's Bench.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- People mentioned
- Ralph [de Fyncham (Fincham)], son of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1331 as the privy seal warrant in which it was enclosed dates to 6 May 1331 [5 Edw. III] (C 81/181/4570).
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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. 4570 in C 81/181
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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)
- Latin
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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)
- Select Cases in the Court of King's Bench, vol. V, Edw III, Ed. G.O. Sayles, (Selden Society, vol. LXXVI, 1958), p.cxxvii (entry e) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439698/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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