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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Matthew Cheyne. Cheyne Matthew Archbishop of Canterbury, chancellor. Cheyne requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/303/15139
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This record is about the Matthew Cheyne. Cheyne Matthew Archbishop of Canterbury, chancellor. Cheyne requests... dating from [? 1379-? 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 8/303/15139
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1379-? 1381]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Matthew Cheyne.
- Name(s)
- Cheyne, Matthew
- Addressees
- Archbishop of Canterbury, chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Cheyne requests that whereas his father, at the time of his death, committed all his goods and chattels to Cachyn for the maintenance and marriage of the petitioner and his sisters and assigned £600 to the petitioner and 200 marks to each of his sisters for their marriages, the obligation for which £600 Cachyn has taken, and for which the petitioner sued an action of trespass in London, and now on Cachyn's request a writ has been directed to the mayor and sheriffs of London to bring the case before the chancellor in an attempt to exclude the petitioner and his sisters from their actions, that Cachyn be remitted to the court of London to answer as the law requires and to give sufficient surety that he will not leave the realm until he has settled with the petitioner, his sisters and anyone else who has an action against him.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Matthew Cheyne, father of the petitioner
- Dominic Cachyn.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition probably dates to 1379-81 since it is addressed to the archbishop of Canterbury as chancellor. However, it could also date to 1367-8, 1399, 1407-10 or 1412-13.
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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/C9528886/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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