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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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Common people of Holland King and council The common people of Holland request a...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/53/2621
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This record is about the Common people of Holland King and council The common people of Holland request a... dating from [c. 1332] 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 8/53/2621
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Common people of Holland
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The common people of Holland request a remedy for various wrongs done them by Saer de Rocheford, and by Ebolo les Straunge, when he was justice in Lincolnshire, complaining that Saer, by colour of his office [as Constable of Holland?] had them summoned in arms, allegedly to maintain the peace, and extorted money from various people.
- Nature of endorsement
- If anyone wishes to complain about the things contained in this petition, he is to have a writ to hear and determine the said oppressions.
- Places mentioned
- Hoyland (Holland), [Lincolnshire]
- Kirkstead, [Lincolnshire]
- Spalding, [Lincolnshire]
- People mentioned
- Saer de Roches (Rocheford)
- Ebolo les Straunge (Strange, Lestrange), justice
- the Prior of Spalding
- [Thomas Wake], Lord Wake
- the Abbot of Kirkstead
- the Bishop of Carlisle
- the Bishop of Lincoln
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? c. 1332', with reference to CPR 1330-4 p.348, the appointment of Eble Lestraunge, among others, as keeper of the peace in Lincolnshire (21 March 1332) The petition suggests that Rochford was acting as Lestraunge's deputy in this office. See W.M. Ormrod, The Reign of Edward III (London, 1990), p. 230, n. 13.
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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 4066
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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/C9062837/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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