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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
Item
Simon de ..., Robert de ... and Thomas le Diere of Higham Ferrers, prisoners in Northampton...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E917
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This record is about the Simon de ..., Robert de ... and Thomas le Diere of Higham Ferrers, prisoners in Northampton... dating from [c. 1280-c. 1305] 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 8/329/E917
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1280-c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simon de ..., Robert de ... and Thomas le Diere of Higham Ferrers, prisoners in Northampton gaol.
- Name(s)
- Diere, Simon; Robert; Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is not fully legible].The petitioners request that they can have delivery as they were taken and imprisoned falsely by the appeal of Mascoun, and they cannot have delivery because they are accused of the death of Spicer in Haringey in Middlesex which is outside their jurisdiction.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is agreed that the justices assigned to deliver the gaol are to have come by writ of the king under the testimony [...] by law-worthy men from where they were from, and also jurors from where the felony was committed.
- Places mentioned
- Higham Ferrers, [Northamptonshire]
- Northampton, [Northamptonshire]
- Haringey (Hornsey), Middlesex.
- People mentioned
- John le Mascoun
- Thomas le Spicer of Northampton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1280-c. 1305 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/C9682912/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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