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John Hoton. Hoton John King. [This petition is fragmentary] To the most excellent,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/341/16083
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This record is about the John Hoton. Hoton John King. [This petition is fragmentary] To the most excellent,... dating from [? c. 1396] 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 8/341/16083
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1396]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Hoton.
- Name(s)
- Hoton, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is fragmentary] To the most excellent, most . . . our most sovereign lord . . . your poor liege, John Hoton, humbly requests that, whereas . . . plaintiff on the one side and John Schakel who is dead and afterwards Thomas . . . judgment was given for the said petitioner's party in your said . . . by the party of the said Thomas Stokes, executor, and one John Wroth, knight . . . with the principal, which judges, by their legal process in this matter pronounce . . . the said defendant to your royal audience [and] judges by your commission and . . . who have proceeded in it to various judicial acts, wishing to do justice to the [parties] . . . but they will not be able to proceed further, or to put an end to the said case, according to what . . . frivolous delays made by the said defendant to delay the said case . . . such delays are not checked by you. May it please your royal . . . said case and give a just ending to the aforesaid parties, according to what . . . by the said defendant, considering that the said case has been pending . . . of appeal made by the said defendant for sixteen years, in prejudice . . . this part as you have previously aided him in his great need . . .
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- People mentioned
- John Schakel (Shakell)
- Thomas Stokes
- John Wroth, knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1391-6 p.318 is dated 4 October 1393: John Shakill was still alive at this point. CPR 1396-9 p.58 and p.83 are both dated 9 December 1396, and p.165 is dated 1 July 1397. This petition is therefore tentatively dated to c. 1396. See also SC 8/162/8069.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/162/8069
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.318 (commission and special mandate to hear and determine the appeal of John Shakill against the petitioner concerning the ransom of the Count of Denia)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.58 (commission and special mandate to hear the appeal of John Hoton in this case) & p.83(similar commission and mandate) & p.165 (similar commission and mandate)
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Record URL
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