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Sokemen of Sunderland and Shoreston. King. The sokemen request that they can hold...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/73/3613

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Reference
SC 8/73/3613
Date
[1264-1276]
Description
Petitioners
Sokemen of Sunderland and Shoreston.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The sokemen request that they can hold in their usages, customs, and services that they have made before this time, and that they can have justice for the wrongful exactions of the warden, and have warranty from the king that they can hold in the usages as they had under the king's father.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
North Sunderland, [Northumberland]
Shoreston, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
Robert de Nevile (Neville), the king's warden.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7359
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.109-110 (no.84) (full edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107387/

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