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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Luccombe. de Luccombe John King and council. John de Luccombe states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/59/2937
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/59/2937
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1339]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Luccombe.
- Name(s)
- de Luccombe, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John de Luccombe states that as he was going towards Somerton to prosecute his suit for his inheritance against Richard, parson of the church of Luccombe, he was seized by armed men procured by his adversaries, wounded to the point of death, robbed, and taken by night into Wiltshire, where they would have buried him secretly if the hue and cry had not been raised. He was rescued by the marshal of the king's household, and is being held in the castle of old Salisbury. He asks that he might be released, and that a charter of pardon which was taken from him might be renewed.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to sue at common law.
- Places mentioned
- Estluccombe (Luccombe), Somerset
- Somerton, [Somerset]
- Wiltshire
- Old Sarum, [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard, parson of Luccombe
- marshal of the king's household.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1338-40 p.319 is dated 15 October 1339, and p.479 is dated 11 April 1340. This would seem likely to be the pardon mentioned by the petition.
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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 5362
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.319 (pardon to John de Luccombe for all homicides, robberies, felonies and trespasses committed before 18 June 12 Edward III) & 479 (revocation of this pardon)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063157/
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