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John Co.... John King and council. [The petition is very badly damaged and is missing...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/323/E557
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This record is about the John Co.... John King and council. [The petition is very badly damaged and is missing... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1325] 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 8/323/E557
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Co....
- Name(s)
- John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is very badly damaged and is missing a portion of the right-hand side of the petition, and with a considerable amount more being either totally or partly legible]. The petition refers to the petitioner probably being enfeoffed with the manor of Thornton in free marriage, and to the death of the petitioner's mother].
- Nature of endorsement
- He should await until [...] were in better state [...] and the king has come to [those] parts etc.
- Places mentioned
- Thornton in Tynedale, [Northumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1300-c. 1325 on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9529609/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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John Co.... John King and council. [The petition is very badly damaged and is missing...