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Jane Glyn, widow of John Glyn of Morval Glyn Jane Commons in parliament Jane Glyn,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/29/1439
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/29/1439
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1472]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Jane Glyn, widow of John Glyn of Morval
- Name(s)
- Glyn, Jane
- Addressees
- Commons in parliament
- Nature of request
- Jane Glyn, widow of John Glyn of Morval, complains of various assaults and robberies on her husband, culminating in his murder, perpetrated by a group of malefactors at the instigation of Thomas Clemens the elder, for which she can have no justice at common law, for fear of these people. She asks the commons to ask the king to send his writ, by authority of parliament, to the Sheriff of Cornwall, to make proclamation that the evil-doers are to appear before the king in person at the quinzaine of Hilary next, to answer to her for the death of her husband - with further details specified in the petition. She also asks that an obligation that the malefactors forced various friends of her husband to make be considered null and void.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be sent to the lords (on face).Let it be done as is desired (on dorse).
- Places mentioned
- Morval, Cornwall
- Liskeard, Cornwall
- London
- Curgalen Brigge (Tregarlandbridge), Cornwall
- Tavistock, [Devon]
- Pennarth (Penarthtown), Cornwall
- Lanrak (Landrake), Cornwall
- Overawryngworthy or Overawryngford (Higher Wringworthy), Cornwall
- Bodmin, Cornwall
- People mentioned
- John Glyn of Morval, gentleman, Under-steward of the Duchy of Cornwall
- John [Stafford], Earl of Wiltshire, Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall
- Thomas Clemens the elder of Liskeard, gentleman
- John Harry of Liskeard, yeoman
- Thomas Flete of Liskeard, yeoman
- William Froste of Liskeard, yeoman
- Thomas Knyght (Knight) of Liskeard, yeoman
- Richard Gylle, clerk of the manor court of Liskeard
- Thomas Laan, servant of John Glyn
- Richard Lene, servant of John Glyn
- John Hervy
- William Glyn
- William Colyn
- John Webbe
- Thomas Clemens late of Liskeard the younger
- Robert Knolles, clerk
- Nicholas Martyn, alias Nicholas Elygo, late of Liskeard, yeoman
- Richard Croppe the younger, late of Liskeard, cutler
- John Pennarth of Penarthtown, gentleman
- Thomas Polglas late of Landrake, yeoman
- William Havkyn late of Landrake, yeoman
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament summoned at Westminster in October 1472 (12 Edward IV) and prorogued a number of times until January 1475 (Rot. Parl. vol. VI, pp.35a-38a). It would seem, from pp.3a and 39a that this petition was delivered during the session which lasted from 3 October to 30 November 1472.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition by the petitioner's son, see SC 8/345/E1340
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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 3862
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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)
- English
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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), pp.35a-38a (transcription of petition and associated schedule on parliament roll: text unmodified)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061627/
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