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John Hende, citizen of London. Hende John King and council. London Bradwell, Essex....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/20/965

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This record is about the John Hende, citizen of London. Hende John King and council. London Bradwell, Essex.... dating from [1382-1385] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/20/965
Date
[1382-1385]
Description
Petitioners
John Hende, citizen of London.
Name(s)
Hende, John
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
London
Bradwell, Essex.
Coggeshall Essex.
Nature of request
John Hende states that he had sued in various courts for the manor of Bradwell near Coggeshall in Essex, which had been seized into the king's hand, but ceased his suit when he learned that it was displeasing to the king, and put himself on the king's grace. He requests that the king and council ordain a fine for him for the said manor, as seems reasonable to them.
Nature of endorsement
To the king himself [i.e. this petition is to be delivered to the king himself].
Note
The petition dates from after the submission of the case to the parliament of October 1382; it may have been submitted before the resolution recorded in November 1383 (CPR 1381-5, p. 329). It is also possible, however, that it dates from further business on the same matter in 1385, when Hende was again requesting resolution (CPR 1381-5, p.576).
Related material

For transcript, see no.50 of PRO 31/7/107

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4166
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.329 (settlement of 1383 on the matter raised in parliament in 1382) & p.576 (further action on the case in 1385)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.134b-135a (summary of the submission of Hende and his competitors to the judgment of the king and council in parliament)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061120/

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