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Richard Welby, esquire, Jane Welby his wife and William Dunthorn, common clerk of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/29/1449

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Reference
SC 8/29/1449
Date
[1474]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Welby, esquire, Jane Welby his wife and William Dunthorn, common clerk of the city of London
Name(s)
Welby; Welby; Dunthorn, Richard; Jane; William
Addressees
Commons of parliament
Occupation
common clerk of the city of London
Nature of request
The petitioners complain about people who, to avoid paying debts which they owe, make gifts, grants and feoffments of their goods or lands, and then retreat into sanctuary or hide themselves where their creditors cannot find them; and especially they complain about Thomas Marsshe and James Fynche, who are indebted to William Haddon, the former husband of Jane Welby, whose executors Jane and William Dunthorn are. They ask the commons to ask the king to ordain, by authority of parliament that the executors might have a writ to the sheriffs of London, to make proclamation that Thomas and James are to appear in person before the judges of the Common Bench, to answer concerning the sums owed by them; with various provisions for various eventualities.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be sent to the Lords (on face).Let it be done as is desired (on dorse).
Places mentioned
London
People mentioned
William Haddon, draper of London, former husband of Jane Welby
Thomas Marsshe (Marsh), citizen and sheerman of London
James Fynche (Finch), citizen and sheerman of London
Note
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.110a-111a). According to p.110a, this petition was presented on 6 June 14 Edward IV (1474).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8631
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. VI, Edw IV, Ric III and Hen VII, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.110a-111a (transcription of petition on parliament roll: text unmodified)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061638/

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