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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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James Trefusys (Trefusis) Trefusys; Trefusis James Commons The petitioner states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/27/1340
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/27/1340
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1474]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- James Trefusys (Trefusis)
- Name(s)
- Trefusys; Trefusis, James
- Addressees
- Commons
- Nature of request
- The petitioner states that at Pentecost 13 Edward IV (1473), Henry Bodrugan and his servants forcibly entered his house at Trewonal and stole his goods and chattels. Furthermore, on 20 June 1473, they entered a ship of his at Trewonal and stole goods worth 40 marks. He says that he, like other people attacked by Bodrugan, is unable to sue at law for fear of violence, and therefore asks that Bodrugan be summoned to appear before the king to answer these charges. (A list of the goods alleged to have been stolen from Trefusis is given at the foot.)
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be as the petition requests.
- Places mentioned
- Trewanwall (Trewonal), Cornwall
- Cornwall
- People mentioned
- Henry Bodrugan, esquire
- Sheriff of Cornwall
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated with reference to SC 8/27/1338, noting a writ issued in response to this petition on 22 June 1474
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later petition on this matter, see SC 8/27/1338
For a related petition see SC 8/27/1339
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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 3181
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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. VI, Edw IV, Ric III and Hen VII, (Record Commission, 1783), p.140b (full transcription of petition and response on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061519/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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