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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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Thomas Saunderson (Sanderson), clerk. Saunderson (Sanderson) Thomas King. clerk Thomas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/339/15987
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This record is about the Thomas Saunderson (Sanderson), clerk. Saunderson (Sanderson) Thomas King. clerk Thomas... dating from [? c. 1450-? 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 8/339/15987
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1450-? c. 1475]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Saunderson (Sanderson), clerk.
- Name(s)
- Saunderson (Sanderson), Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Thomas Saunderson states that on 22 July last, Bernard Skelton, Anthony Skelton, Richard Cleteran, and John Skelton, with other ill-disposed people to the number of fourteen, attacked him at Dodyngfoud and badly wounded him, to his great undoing, unless he has the king's help. He requests writs to Bernard, Anthony, John and Richard, ordering them to appear before the king and council at Westminster on a certain day, on pain of a penalty to be imposed by the king, to answer for this behaviour, and to receive such orders as the king and council wish to give.
- Nature of endorsement
- Before the lord king and his council at Westminster at the quindene of Hilary next.
- Places mentioned
- Dodyngfoud [unidentified], Yorkshire
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Bernard Skelton
- Anthony Skelton
- Richard Cleteran
- John Skelton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and the language.
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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/C9736468/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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