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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alan . . . Alan King and council. [This petition is damaged and badly faded] . ....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/340/16030
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This record is about the Alan . . . Alan King and council. [This petition is damaged and badly faded] . .... dating from [? c. 1324-? c. 1335] 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 8/340/16030
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1324-? c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alan . . .
- Name(s)
- Alan
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged and badly faded] . . . before the justices of the Bench . . . the said Alan . . . with appurtenances in Upsall and before the same justices . . . on the country by the nisi prius before . . . after the feast of St James the apostle in the year of the reign of our [lord the king] . . . there came a William de Maunby . . . the said Richard . . . take it/her of the . . . Richard demanded of him . . . William de Herle, whereas he was never . . . notwithstanding that the said . . . did not show any warrant . . . the inquest was returned . . . the judgment . . . Agnes (?) de Maunby . . . and delivered . . . the justices of the Bench . . . the said Alan challenged the said writ and the said justices . . . disinheritance, because of which he asks our lord the king and his council . . . warrant under the targe to William de Herle and his companions . . . if they find by inquest that the said . . . the law will allow it . . . this example . . . to the said Alan . . . recovery.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition is to be sent before the king by writ, and another writ, containing the effect of the petition, is to be sent to the justices of the Bench to have the record and process brought before the king, and there, when the said petition and record and process have been examined, and those who are to be called have been called and their arguments heard, justice it to be done. And Peter de Ludyngton, chief clerk of the Common Bench, in whose hand the false writ allegedly remains, is also to be ordered to have the same writ sent with the record before the king; and likewise Geoffrey le Scrop and his companions, justices etc. are to be ordered to receive the said writ and record, and when they have heard the said Alan's complaint, to do justice.
- Places mentioned
- Upsall, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Maunby
- Richard . . .
- William de Herle
- Agnes (?) de Maunby
- Peter de Ludyngton, chief clerk of the Common Bench (Common Pleas)
- Geoffrey le Scrop (le Scrope), justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated from the hand and the mentions of Geoffrey le Scrop (justice of Common Pleas 1323, 1334, Chief Justice of King's Bench 1324-1329, 1330-1332, 1332-1338), William Herle (justice of Common Pleas 1320, Chief Justice of Common Pleas 1327-1329, 1331-1333, 1333-1335), and Peter de Ludyngton, chief clerk of the Common Bench (who is mentioned in CCR 1327-30 p.325, dated 20 October 1328).
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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/C9736511/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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