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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Tunstall. de Tunstall John King. Tunstall, who is in the prison of Lancashire,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/278/13896
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This record is about the John de Tunstall. de Tunstall John King. Tunstall, who is in the prison of Lancashire,... dating from [c. 1303] 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 8/278/13896
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1303]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Tunstall.
- Name(s)
- de Tunstall, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Tunstall, who is in the prison of Lancashire, requests that he be released on bail until justices come to the area. He had the King's charter of pardon of all trespasses done against the peace by his service in Scotland up to the date of the charter, but was indicted before Manley and his associates of receiving 12 men arrested for larceny since the date of his charter for which he was imprisoned. He has not been arrested for anything else since the date of the charter.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ of Chancery should be sent to the sheriff of Lancashire ordering that if it is as suggested in the petition he should receive bail from the petitioner and deliver him to the said prison until the arrival in those parts of the justices who enquire concerning felonies etc.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Lancashire.
- People mentioned
- Peter de Manley
- sheriff of Lancashire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1303, with reference to CPR 1301-7, p. 182, a pardon to the petitioner for homicides etc. in consideration of his service in Scotland, as mentioned in the petition.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Royal Letters 2611
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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, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.182 (pardon to petitioner for homicides etc.)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517844/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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