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? petitioner name(s) illegible Copies of three letters of pardon made to:1) Thomas...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/13/647C

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This record is about the ? petitioner name(s) illegible Copies of three letters of pardon made to:1) Thomas... dating from [1348] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/13/647C
Date
[1348]
Description
Petitioners
? petitioner name(s) illegible
Nature of request
Copies of three letters of pardon made to:1) Thomas de Beckering;2) Isabel his wife;3) John Titley and Simon [Rous], chaplain;In the same terms:Whereas they were convicted of diverse trespasses and extortions by William de Thorpe and his associates and a fine of £200 put on each of them, by the intervention of the earl of Lancaster and for a fine of £100 they have been pardoned, and from the original fine they are all exonerated and quit.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Nottinghamshire
Derbyshire
Calais, [France].
People mentioned
Edward III, King of England
Thomas de [Bokering (Beckering)], knight, sheriff and escheator of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
William de Thorp (Thorpe), justice
Henry [de Grosmont], Earl of Lancaster
Isabel [de Beckering] wife of Thomas de Beckering
John de Titley, minister and servant of John de Beckering
Simon [Rous], chaplain and minister and servant of John de Beckering.
Note
The letters of pardon are dated to 1348 with SC 8/13/647A, the petition with which it was formerly enclosed. The actual letters date to 26 May 1347.
Related material

For a copy of a writ which was attached with these letters to the petition see SC 8/13/647B

For the petition to which these letters were attached see SC 8/13/647A

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1345-1348, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.306 (commission concerning Beckering's term as sheriff)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.196b-197b (full edition of later copies of letters of pardon)
Record URL
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