Piece
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
Item
Richard Couper (Cooper) of Thurlow; Sarah Couper (Cooper), wife of Richard Couper....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2015
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This record is about the Richard Couper (Cooper) of Thurlow; Sarah Couper (Cooper), wife of Richard Couper.... dating from [c. 1377-c. 1413] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/41/2015
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377-c. 1413]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Couper (Cooper) of Thurlow; Sarah Couper (Cooper), wife of Richard Couper.
- Name(s)
- Couper (Cooper); Couper (Cooper), Richard; Sarah
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Coupers request that the king send his letters under the privy seal to Notley commanding him to cease his malice towards the petitioners and to allow them to live in peace in the land and tenement in Thurlow. They bought the land and tenement from Lomb but Notley has ousted them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Thurlow, Suffolk.
- People mentioned
- Agnes Lomb of Thurlow
- Thomas Notele (Notley), knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is not readily dateable. On the basis of its written style and the deployment of the elaborate form of address to the king it has tentatively been dated to the late fourteenth or early fifteenth centuries.
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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 1339
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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/C9062220/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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