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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alexander Walton, clerk. Walton Alexander Commons of Parliament. clerk Walton, who...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/277/13826
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This record is about the Alexander Walton, clerk. Walton Alexander Commons of Parliament. clerk Walton, who... dating from [c. 1370-c. 1420] 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 8/277/13826
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1370-c. 1420]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alexander Walton, clerk.
- Name(s)
- Walton, Alexander
- Addressees
- Commons of Parliament.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Walton, who is in the King's prison of Fleet, requests that whereas he was wrongly fined 55 marks before the mayor and sheriffs of Norwich by the false accusation of Ocle, which fine was then reversed and annulled in the King's Bench, but has had no remedy because he has no friends to provide surety, that the parties be brought before the chancellor, the entire matter examined, and justice done.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Fleet prison, [London]
- Norwich, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- John Ocle, citizen and cordwainer of Norwich.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by the handwriting to the period c. 1370-c. 1420.
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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/C9517773/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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