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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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Walter Swan of London. Swan Walter King and council. Swan requests execution be made...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/318/E305
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This record is about the Walter Swan of London. Swan Walter King and council. Swan requests execution be made... dating from [c. 1316] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/318/E305
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter Swan of London.
- Name(s)
- Swan, Walter
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Swan requests execution be made of the sum that Prederogh acknowledged at Montreuil in the judgment before the auditors assigned on the parts of the kings of England and France that he had taken from the petitioner, and deliver the same to the ministers of the king of France. He requests restoration of his expenses in his suit of ten years with his damages as is plainly contained in the process of Montreuil which resides in the Wardrobe.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London
- Montreuil, [Picardy, France].
- People mentioned
- John Prederogh.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1316 as the petition refers to the process of Montreuil, the settlement made there being in 1305-6, and the petitioner refers to his suit of 10 years.
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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/C9529357/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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