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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas de Stodham. de Stodham Thomas King and council. 1) Stodham requests remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/72/3598
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This record is about the Thomas de Stodham. de Stodham Thomas King and council. 1) Stodham requests remedy... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1325] 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 8/72/3598
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Stodham.
- Name(s)
- de Stodham, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- 1) Stodham requests remedy as he was forced to quitclaim to Abel his manor of Plumborough, Abel having demanded this and imprisoned him at Berkamsted and Hertford until he did so.2) He requests remedy on a further complaint that, while he was imprisoned, Abel and others came to his house broke in and broke into a chest and took his charters and muniments relating to Plumborough and carried them and other goods and chattels away.3) He requests remedy on a further complaint that he was further imprisoned in Newgate by an appeal procured by Abel. The appealor at the gaol delivery acknowledged this.4) He requests remedy as after he was released from gaol, Abel sent his men and they assaulted and wounded Stodham and carried away his seal so that Abel could make charter and quitclaims at his will.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face]1) Concerning the recovery of the land, nothing, because it is against the record.2) He should have a writ of trespass.3) He should have a writ of conspiracy.4) He should have a writ of trespass.[On dorse: None]
- Places mentioned
- Plumbergh (Plumborough), [Essex]
- Berkhamsted, [Hertfordshire]
- Hertford, [Hertfordshire]
- Westminster
- Hockley, Essex
- Newgate, [London].
- People mentioned
- John Abel, knight, Steward of Queen Margaret
- William de Hamelton
- William Houward, justice of gaol delivery.
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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 7315
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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/C9107372/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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