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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Arnold de Seint Johan (St John), nephew of Bernard de St John. de Seint Johan (St...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13677
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This record is about the Arnold de Seint Johan (St John), nephew of Bernard de St John. de Seint Johan (St... dating from [c. 1379] 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 8/274/13677
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1379]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Arnold de Seint Johan (St John), nephew of Bernard de St John.
- Name(s)
- de Seint Johan (St John), Arnold
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Seint Johan requests that the goods and heritage that were Bernard St John's be restored to and released to him and that the officers of Calveley not trouble him further, as they occupied them when St John returned to Guyenne where he was born, though Seint Johan remained as his proctor to administer his heritage and he has been put to great costs to recover them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- Guyenne, [France].
- People mentioned
- Bernard de Seint Johan (St John)
- Hugh de Calvyle (Calveley), knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1379 as that was the year that Calveley was granted the office of warden of the Channel Islands. The guard suggests a wider date of 1377-1393 but the basis for this is unclear.
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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/C9517624/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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