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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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John Walpoll (Walpole), tailor, citizen of London. Walpoll (Walpole) John Bishop...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/304/15200
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This record is about the John Walpoll (Walpole), tailor, citizen of London. Walpoll (Walpole) John Bishop... dating from [1386-1388] 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 8/304/15200
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1386-1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Walpoll (Walpole), tailor, citizen of London.
- Name(s)
- Walpoll (Walpole), John
- Addressees
- Bishop of Ely, Chancellor.
- Occupation
- tailor
- Nature of request
- Walpoll, whose servant Gessyngthorp raped his wife Rose and stole goods from him and his household, requests that whereas he pursued Gessyngthorp to the franchise of Savoy outside Temple Bar where Shelton arrested him, and whereas he gave Shelton two yards of cloth in exchange for Shelton's promise to bring Gessyngthorp to Temple Bar in the franchise of London, but when Walpoll went to Shelton to have delivery of Gessyngthorp in the franchise, Shelton had fraudulently released him, that a serjeant be sent to examine Shelton about Gessyngthorp's release and Shelton's trespass against Walpoll.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London
- Savoy, [Middlesex]
- Temple Bar, [London]
- Bread Street, [London]
- Hosier Lane (Bow Lane), [London].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Arundel], Bishop of Ely, Chancellor
- Thomas Gessyngthorp, tailor, servant of the petitioner
- Rose [Walpole], wife of the petitioner
- John Shelton, bailiff.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1386-8 since it is addressed to the bishop of Ely as chancellor.
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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/C9528947/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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