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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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John Drake, son of Thomas Drake. Drake John King and council. Drake requests the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E925
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This record is about the John Drake, son of Thomas Drake. Drake John King and council. Drake requests the... dating from [c. 1286] 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 8/329/E925
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1286]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Drake, son of Thomas Drake.
- Name(s)
- Drake, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Drake requests the king's grace and that he is able to have his peace as he was indicted that he had carried away the money of his father, and at the eyre of Norfolk came and said that he had given him the money to go overseas, and because the petitioner did not come or appear before the eyre he was outlawed.
- Nature of endorsement
- The record of the pronouncement of outlawry should be brought.
- Places mentioned
- Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Drake, father of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1286 because the last eyre in Norfolk was held in that year. The hand suggests that the petition could be a few years after the petition.
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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/C9682920/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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