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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Cecily le Conestable (Constable), wife of Roger le Costable of North Walsham. Conestable...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1978
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This record is about the Cecily le Conestable (Constable), wife of Roger le Costable of North Walsham. Conestable... dating from [c. 1315] 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 8/40/1978
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Cecily le Conestable (Constable), wife of Roger le Costable of North Walsham.
- Name(s)
- Conestable (Constable), Cecily
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Conestable complains of William Green and others that they came by force and arms to North Walsham at Monday next before the feast of the Ascension in the eight year of the king's reign, and assaulted and wounded her husband, killed his brother and maimed Hugh le Constable and they are unable to have a remedy. She requests grace and remedy be granted to her at Yarmouth the Monday next after the feast of St Scholastica.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- North Walsham, Norfolk
- Gernemut (Great Yarmouth), [Norfolk]
- People mentioned
- William Grene (Green)
- Ellis Grene (Green)
- Geoffrey Grene (Green)
- Thomas Littester
- John Neweman (Newman) the younger
- William [Eylesun], son of Richard Eylesun
- Robert Seyne
- John Noreys (Norris)
- Clement Dende
- William Dende
- Robert de Sperham
- John [Agathe], son of Roger Agathe
- Clement Manger
- John Baldeman
- Roger le Conestable (Constable), husband of the petitioner
- Richard le Conestable (Constable), brother of Roger le Constable
- Hugh le Conestable (Constable).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition refers to the assault occurring on Monday 28 April 1315. The petition must date to soon after this.
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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 1317
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062182/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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