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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Forster, cousin and heir of William Maldeson. Forster John King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15887
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This record is about the John Forster, cousin and heir of William Maldeson. Forster John King and council.... dating from [c. 1425-c. 1475] 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 8/336/15887
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1425-c. 1475]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Forster, cousin and heir of William Maldeson.
- Name(s)
- Forster, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Forster requests that Chamberlain be ordered by writ to come before the council to be examined concerning a tenement in Finkle Street, Scarborough, which he entered by force, ousting William Maldeson, whose heir the petitioner is.
- Nature of endorsement
- Before the King and his council in the month of Easter.
- Places mentioned
- Olde Scarburgh (Scarborough), [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Westminster
- London.
- People mentioned
- William Maldeson, son and heir of John Maldeson
- Joan [Forster], sister of William Maldeson and mother of the petitioner
- John Maldeson
- Thomas Chaumberleyn (Chamberlain), bailiff, coroner and justice of the peace of Scarborough
- John Smith of London, pledge
- William Ratthe of London, pledge.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated impressionistically to the second or third quarters of the fifteenth century.
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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)
- English
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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/C9736275/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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