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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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John Punge of Wormley; Catherine Punge, wife of John Punge. Punge; Punge John; Catherine...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/17/850
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This record is about the John Punge of Wormley; Catherine Punge, wife of John Punge. Punge; Punge John; Catherine... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/17/850
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Punge of Wormley; Catherine Punge, wife of John Punge.
- Name(s)
- Punge; Punge, John; Catherine
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John Punge of Wormley and Catherine his wife state that they were wrongly disseised of their free tenement in Cheshunt by Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, seventeen years ago, and still are by the Countess, and that no assize can be held because of the threats made by Hugh le Despenser to the justices and the people of the country; with the result that they and their seven children are reduced to beggary. They request grace and a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to sue at common law.
- Places mentioned
- Wermele (Wormley), [Hertfordshire]
- Cheshunt, [Hertfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke
- [Mary de Saint Pol], Countess of Pembroke
- Hugh le Despenser.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This must date to shortly after the fall of the Despensers.
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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)
- Parliamentary Petition 6497
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.416a (no.214) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060993/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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