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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Swyke of Prittlewell. Swyke John King. Swyke requests remedy for the many trespasses...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/275/13707
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This record is about the John Swyke of Prittlewell. Swyke John King. Swyke requests remedy for the many trespasses... dating from [1286-1297] 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 8/275/13707
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1286-1297]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Swyke of Prittlewell.
- Name(s)
- Swyke, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Swyke requests remedy for the many trespasses committed against him by Grapinel as he has sued for a long time without receiving justice and his case has been long delayed by which he is impoverished.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- In Chancery: let justices be assigned oyer and terminer concerning the poverty and many trespasses.2) He should have a writ of trespass coram rege at the request of the petitioner.
- Places mentioned
- Prittlewell, Essex
- Middleton, Essex
- Chilham, Kent.
- People mentioned
- Henry Grapinel, knight
- Walter, servant of the house of the Earl of Gloucester
- Roger, carter of Henry Garpenel.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1286-1307 because mention is made to Edward I's voyage overseas which occurred in 1286, and Henry Grapenel, the subject of the petitioner's complaint, was dead by December 1297 (CFR 1272-1307, pp.395-6).
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. I, Edw I, 1272-1307, (Public Record Office, 1911), pp.395-6 (references to the death of Grapenel)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517654/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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