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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Olyver (Oliver). Olyver (Oliver) John Chancellor. Olyver requests that he be...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/301/15009
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This record is about the John Olyver (Oliver). Olyver (Oliver) John Chancellor. Olyver requests that he be... dating from [1402] 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 8/301/15009
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Olyver (Oliver).
- Name(s)
- Olyver (Oliver), John
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Olyver requests that he be granted letters patent of the king for him and his wife . . . as he was bound in a debt for wine to a merchant of Bordeaux for . . . and was arrested and condemned for the debt and afterwards his house, goods, . . . and one of his children were burnt in a small vill called Beare near Exeter . . . and he has nothing by which to pay.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Canterbury, [Kent]
- Beare, Devon
- Exeter, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- John Red. . .
- Clarice Olyver (Oliver), wife of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1402 as other petitions originally from Chancery Files 484 date to this year.
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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)
- Chancery Files 484.
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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/C9518213/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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