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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Spark of London, skinner. Spark Richard King and lords of Parliament. skinner...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/277/13821
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This record is about the Richard Spark of London, skinner. Spark Richard King and lords of Parliament. skinner... dating from [c. 1381] 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 8/277/13821
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1381]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Spark of London, skinner.
- Name(s)
- Spark, Richard
- Addressees
- King and lords of Parliament.
- Occupation
- skinner
- Nature of request
- Spark requests remedy because whereas ... and Emma Wrottyngge [held] certain lands and tenements late of Grauestoke in East Smithfield ... as Emma's right, and which pertained to her after the death of her mother ..., who took Grantham as her second husband but had no further issue, and after whose death Grantham occupied the same lands and tenements for over 12 years, holding then illegally as he had no title in them as found by the assize of mort d'ancestor, but when he returned from Calais, for which journey he had the King's protection, he presented a forged charter, which had never been seen before the said protection, which claimed that Grauestoke had enfeoffed him, his heirs and assigns in the said lands.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London
- East Smithfield, Middlesex
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- [...] de Wrottyngge
- Emma [de Wrottyngge], wife of [...] de Wrottyngge
- John de Grauestoke
- Sarah atte Wode, mother of Emma de Wrottyngge, daughter and heir of [...]
- John de Grantham, vintner
- Richard Lyons.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1381 since two references to a Richard Spark, skinner of London appear in the Patent Rolls for this year (CPR 1381-5, p. 1 and p. 8).
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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 Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.1 (pardon of outlawry at suit of petitioner) & p.8 (pardon of forfeiture of good incurred by outlawry at suit of petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517768/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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