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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Catherine Harynge (Haring) of Woodhurst Harynge (Haring) Catherine King and council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/51/2501
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This record is about the Catherine Harynge (Haring) of Woodhurst Harynge (Haring) Catherine King and council... dating from [c. 1272-c. 1307] 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 8/51/2501
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1272-c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Catherine Harynge (Haring) of Woodhurst
- Name(s)
- Harynge (Haring), Catherine
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Catherine Harynge states that Henry de Cotenham, Bailiff of the hundred of Witchford, Walter de Gyngewyk, Robert de la Salle, Simon le Eye of Woodhurst, maliciously and without any indictment or reason seized her brother, Henry Haring, at Bluntisham in Huntingdonshire, and imprisoned him at Ely in Cambridgeshire, in the franchise of St Etheldreda; then, when the king ordered the delivery of Ely gaol, they concealed him, and afterwards killed him by cutting the muscles below his knees, following a botched attempt to hang him. She requests a remedy, as they are rich and she has no power to bring this matter before the Eyre of Huntingdonshire.
- Nature of endorsement
- In Chancery, by a writ of appeal, to bring them forward at the king's suit.
- Places mentioned
- Woodhurst, [Huntingdonshire]
- Witchford hundred, [Cambridgeshire]
- Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire
- Somersham, [Huntingdonshire]
- Ely, Cambridgeshire
- Aldrehethe (Aldreth), [Cambridgeshire]
- People mentioned
- Henry de Cotenham, Bailiff of Witchford hundred
- Walter de Gyngewyk
- Robert de la Salle
- Simon le Eye of Woodhurst
- Henry Haring, brother of petitioner
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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 4000
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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/C9062715/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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