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Not specified. King and council. The petitioner or petitioners state that on the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/67/3343

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Reference
SC 8/67/3343
Date
[1332-1335]
Description
Petitioners
Not specified.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioner or petitioners state that on the Wednesday after the feast of St Valentine in the fifth year of the present king's reign, Andrew le Pynnere of Coventry, John Bex, Richard de Buckemor, Roger de Newelond and others dug up a coffer filled with gold, silver and treasure to the value of 500 marks in a site in Coventry where John de Berkeswell now lives, and that they carried it off to Richard de Buckemor's house where they divided it up. A remedy is requested. Three names, apparently forming a possible commission to investigate this, follow.
Nature of endorsement
The justices of King's Bench are to be ordered that, when the court is in those parts, they are to inquire into the things contained in the petition, and to do justice.
Places mentioned
Coventry, [Warwickshire].
People mentioned
Andrew le Pynnere (Pinner) of Coventry
John Bex
Richard de Buckemor
Roger de Newelond
John de Berkeswell
Philip de Somervill (Somerville), knight
William Erneys, Escheator [of Warwiskshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lancashire]
John de Bermyngeham (Birmingham).
Note
The incident took place on the Wednesday after St Valentine's day, in the King's fifth year (February 1331). The petition would seem to date from shortly after this date, although as the site where the treasure was found is now occupied by someone else, possibly from some time afterwards. William Erneys was Escheator between 2 July and 15 December 1332, between 30 January 1333 and 8 March 1334, and between 24 March 1334 and 5 June 1335. This petition would therefore seem to date from between 1332 and 1335.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6630
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107114/

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