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Reginald Watyes. Watyes Reginald King. [This petition is fragmentary] . . . Henry...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/339/15972
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This record is about the Reginald Watyes. Watyes Reginald King. [This petition is fragmentary] . . . Henry... dating from [c. 1361] 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 8/339/15972
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1361]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Reginald Watyes.
- Name(s)
- Watyes, Reginald
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is fragmentary] . . . Henry and John in 500 . . . said Reginald . . . assault the aforesaid Henry and John on the Friday follwing the feast of St Peter ad vincula in the year . . . prison there until he had bound himself by force and duresce of prison again to 500 . . . and John by a statute merchant, by whch statute they arrested him and imprisoned him in New[gate] . . . from St Hilary in the thirty-fourth year or the reign of our said lord the king until now and still . . . by force to release to them his right and action. Because of which may it please our said lord the king to . . . deliverance of the said Reginald Watyes out of prison so that he might be free to sue against the said . . . convicted by the law of fraud for the aforesaid things.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Newgate prison, [London].
- People mentioned
- Henry . . .
- John . . .
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable by the mention of Hilary, 34 Edward III (1361).
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
- Crime
- Prisons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736453/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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