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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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? No Petitioner named [The petition is badly damaged with the entire left-hand side...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/342/16137
What’s it about?
This record is about the ? No Petitioner named [The petition is badly damaged with the entire left-hand side... dating from [c. 1393] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/342/16137
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1393]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged with the entire left-hand side of the petition being missing, and with parts of the remainder being illegible. The petition refers to a debt that was not able to be paid, a reference to something committed against the statute of labourers by someone that the petitioner thought was his servant, to legal action, and to the imprisonment of Hornby, and the request refers to someone, possibly the petitioner, not having sufficient goods].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- York.
- People mentioned
- William de Runketon, late merchant of York
- William de Hornby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1393 on the basis of a possibly related reference to William de Hornby in which the king orders his arrest and that he be brought before him (CPR 1391-6, p. 360). The hand would clearly fit a petition of this date.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Miscellaneous Roll 22/5/7 (transferred 7/10/1924).
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.360 (order to arrest Hornby and bring him before the king.)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736618/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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