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Thomas le Mellere of Prittlewell. Mellere Thomas King and council. Mellere requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/61/3005

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This record is about the Thomas le Mellere of Prittlewell. Mellere Thomas King and council. Mellere requests... dating from [c. 1327-c. 1340] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/61/3005
Date
[c. 1327-c. 1340]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas le Mellere of Prittlewell.
Name(s)
Mellere, Thomas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Mellere requests that he be granted a charter of pardon for felonies and trespass, and if he does not wish to grant this, that he will grant a pardon of his suit of this robbery which was done in the vill of Chiswick at the house of John Letyse in the county of Middlesex since he is on the point of death by default in prison. He has been indicted of a robbery made in Middlesex by the procurement of Areblaster and surrendered into King's Bench and has been held in prison for a long time and is not able to be mainprised.1)
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege et magno consilio.2) The council is not able to assent to this thing.
Places mentioned
Prittlewell, [Essex]
Middlesex
Chiswick, Middlesex.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5650
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106766/

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