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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Seynt Johan (St John). de Seynt Johan (St John) John King. Seynt John requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/313/E91
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This record is about the John de Seynt Johan (St John). de Seynt Johan (St John) John King. Seynt John requests... dating from [? 1302] 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 8/313/E91
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1302]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Seynt Johan (St John).
- Name(s)
- de Seynt Johan (St John), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Seynt John requests remedy and a warrant to make suitable bounds between the king's honour of Skipton and the fees and lordships of Percy and others as they have appropriated parts of the honour to the king's damage.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- The constable of Knaresborough is to examine the position in the time of the earl of Cornwall, and Kirkby is to examine the memoranda of the Exchequer from the time of the earl of Aumale and other memoranda of the Exchequer and they are to certify the king in the next parliament, and let them be ordered by writ.2) Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Skipton honour, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Arnford, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Crake Moor, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Yorkshire.
- People mentioned
- Henry de Percy
- Constable of Knaresborough.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petitioner would seem to be that John de St John who was dead by January 1303 and who was active in the northern counties, in particular Cumberland, and not his son of the same name (CPR 1301-7, pp.109-10). The petition is likely to date to 1302 with most of the other petitions in this file.
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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/C9529142/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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