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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Dautry (Dawtrey), knight; Alice Dautry (Dawtrey), wife of John Dawtry. Dautry...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/22/1056
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This record is about the John Dautry (Dawtrey), knight; Alice Dautry (Dawtrey), wife of John Dawtry. Dautry... dating from [c. 1394] 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 8/22/1056
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1394]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Dautry (Dawtrey), knight; Alice Dautry (Dawtrey), wife of John Dawtry.
- Name(s)
- Dautry (Dawtrey); Dautry (Dawtrey), John; Alice
- Addressees
- King and lords and commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- John Dautry and Alice his wife state that Alice ought to have the manor of Sudborough in Northamptonshire, formerly held by Robert de Veer, of the inheritance of Randolph Boys her father, kinsman and heir of Robert de Veer; but that Randolph was killed while suing for it by Thomas Grene and John his son, who now hold the manor, and who falsely indicted John and Alice when they entered and claimed it. They ask that Thomas Grene be summoned before the king and parliament, to answer for the injury and conspiracy against the supplicants, as he is so greatly maintained by the great lords of the county that they can have no recovery at common law.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Sudborough, [Northamptonshire]
- Northampton, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- Robert de Veer (de Vere), knight
- Randolph Boys, father of Alice Dawtry
- John Knyvet, knight, Chancellor of England
- Thomas Grene (Green) of Sudborough
- John [Grene (Green)], son of Thomas Grene
- John Norton of Northamptonshire
- William [Norton] of Northamptonshire, brother of John Norton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1392-6 p.260 is dated at Westminster, 7 March 1394: this petition must date from around the same time, possibly from the parliament of January 1394. The petition is assigned by Rot. Parl. vol. III pp.326b-327a (no. 10) to 17 Richard II (22 June 1393 - 21 June 1394).
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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 2603
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1392-1396, (Public Record Office, 1925), p.260 (mainprise for Henry Grene, knight, and undertaking by him not to hinder the petitioners in their suit against his kinsman Thomas Grene for lands in Sudborough, nor maintain Thomas other than law and reason permit, nor harm the petitioners or their servants)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.326b-327a (no.10) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061220/
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