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Commons of Suffolk. King and council. The commons request a new commission of the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/73/3605

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This record is about the Commons of Suffolk. King and council. The commons request a new commission of the... dating from [1338-1339] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/73/3605
Date
[1338-1339]
Description
Petitioners
Commons of Suffolk.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The commons request a new commission of the peace and to keep the coast, as members of that already appointed do not reside in the county and do nothing on the commission.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Suffolk.
People mentioned
Robert de Lile (Lisle)
John de Loudham
Thomas Latimer
Ralph de Bockyngg (Bocking)
John de la Rokele
Abbot of Bury St Edmunds
John de Shardelowe
John de Loudham
Hugh de Saxham.
Note
The petition dates to the period 1338-1339. The original commission complained of in the petition was issued on 1 August 1338, and the commission issued in response to the petition was issued on 3 February 1339 (CPR 1338-40, pp.142, 279).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7279
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.142 (original commission referred to in the petition) & p.279 (commission to those requested in the petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107379/

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