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Roger Olyver (Oliver), son of John Olyver (Oliver), of London, draper. Olyver (Oliver)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/335/15830
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This record is about the Roger Olyver (Oliver), son of John Olyver (Oliver), of London, draper. Olyver (Oliver)... dating from [1405] 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 8/335/15830
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1405]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger Olyver (Oliver), son of John Olyver (Oliver), of London, draper.
- Name(s)
- Olyver (Oliver), Roger
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- draper
- Nature of request
- Roger Oliver requests that a writ be directed to his father, John, to come before the council so that he can be examined and justice done concerning a statute by which Roger, who borrowed £12 from his father, bound himself in £100. His father refused repayment of the said £12 and, because Roger recognised the marriage of Holewell and his sister Joan against the father's will, John demanded the said £100 and imprisoned Roger for non-payment.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 2 October in the 7th year etc., with the archbishop of Canterbury, the bishops of Winchester, Worcester, Bath and Carlisle, the earl of Suffolk, Lord Roos, Lord Bergevenny, the chancellor and the keeper of the privy seal present in the council at Worcester, it was agreed that a writ be made to Oliver to be before the council at Westminster on the quinzaine of Michaelmas next to answer the matters contained within.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Worcester, [Worcestershire]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Langley, dean of York], chancellor
- John Olyver (Oliver), father of the petitioner
- John Mullyng (Mulling), arbiter
- Robert Whityngham (Whittingham), arbiter
- Thomas Skelton, squire, arbiter
- John L...e, arbiter
- Henry Holewell, late apprentice of John Oliver
- Joan [Oliver], daughter of John Oliver and sister of the petitioner.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1408, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.485 (1408 pardon to petitioner of all felonies and treasons)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736214/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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