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John de Sutton of Holderness. de Sutton John King. Sutton requests licence for him...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/246/12267

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This record is about the John de Sutton of Holderness. de Sutton John King. Sutton requests licence for him... dating from [1350] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/246/12267
Date
[1350]
Description
Petitioners
John de Sutton of Holderness.
Name(s)
de Sutton, John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Sutton requests licence for him with 8 horses and with his people to go on pilgrimage to Santiago which he vowed to do in peril of death.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Holderness, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
St James (Santiago de Compostela), [Spain].
Note
The petition dates to 1350 as the petitioner was nominating attorneys in his preparation for his pilgrimage on 4 October 1350 (CPR 1348-50, p.571).
Related material

For a related petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/75/3701

For another petition from this petitioner see SC 8/73/3617

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.571 (letters of the petitioner nominating attorneys for one year whilst he is on pilgrimage)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439873/

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