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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Adam de Sulyngton (Sullington). de Sulyngton (Sullington) Adam King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/343/16155
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This record is about the Adam de Sulyngton (Sullington). de Sulyngton (Sullington) Adam King and council.... dating from [c. 1323] 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 8/343/16155
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Adam de Sulyngton (Sullington).
- Name(s)
- de Sulyngton (Sullington), Adam
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Sulyngton states that Pykyngton was taken in the quarrel of the earl of Lancaster and was imprisoned at Tickhill and was ransomed for three hundred marks. He is now dead and his lands charged with the sum, and Sulyngton requests the release of the ransom as he has married Pykyngton's widow.
- Nature of endorsement
- [The response is not fully legible].Let the petition be sent into Chancery, and if the ransom was made because of the quarrel [...].
- Places mentioned
- Tickhill, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Pykyngton
- [Thomas of Lancaster], earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1323 as it clearly dates quite closely to the revolt of Thomas of Lancaster in March 1322, though sufficient time had elapsed for one of the former rebels to have died, having agreed to pay a sum for his ransom.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/201/10031
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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 Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 30 Oct. 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736636/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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