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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Burneby, clerk. Burneby John Council. clerk [Petition in three parts:]1) Burneby...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/324/E660
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This record is about the John Burneby, clerk. Burneby John Council. clerk [Petition in three parts:]1) Burneby... dating from [c. 1420-c. 1440] 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 8/324/E660
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1420-c. 1440]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Burneby, clerk.
- Name(s)
- Burneby, John
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- [Petition in three parts:]1) Burneby requests that the ordinance that he was sent to the king with by the seneschal of Guyenne, the royal council and the council of the city of Bordeaux be confirmed.2) It is requested that Mitford be sent to render his account in the Exchequer in London as used to be the case, and this ought to be done for various reasons.3) Burneby, Mitford and Sproteley request that it be ordered by letters patent that they be paid at the receipt of the castle of Bordeaux, as they are obliged in many sums as private persons for the acts and business of the king because of which they are damaged and arrested and put under sentence of Holy Church.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- For Master John Burneby.2) Petition for expenses.
- Places mentioned
- Guyenne, [France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- Seneschal of Guyenne
- Council of Bordeaux
- John de Mitford, lieutenant of the constable of Bordeaux
- Simon Sproteley, lieutenant of the controller of Bordeaux.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1420-c. 1440 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/C9682654/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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