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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior of Thetford. King and council. Prior of Thetford The Prior of Thetford complains...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/76/3789
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This record is about the Prior of Thetford. King and council. Prior of Thetford The Prior of Thetford complains... dating from [c. 1325-c. 1350] 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 8/76/3789
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Thetford.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Prior of Thetford
- Nature of request
- The Prior of Thetford complains of various malefactors, who have entered his free warren at Thetford and hunted his hares and rabbits there, and have taken and carried off various goods and chattels of his, beaten, wounded and ill-treated his men and servants, and harmed him in other ways. He requests a writ of oyer et terminer to John de Shardelowe and John de Radenhale to redress these grievances.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have a writ of oyer et terminer according to the form of the statute, for a reasonable fine to be paid in Chancery, if it pleases the Chancellor.
- Places mentioned
- Thetford, [Norfolk]
- Yexworth (Ixworth), [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- John Chateryz of Thetford
- Gilbert [la Shapestere], son of Clarice la Shapestere of Thetford
- Clarice la Shapestere of Thetford
- Nicholas Palerne
- John de Diselacton
- John Borchard of Ixworth
- John Cornwayle
- John de Shardelowe
- John de Radenhale (Redenhall).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated impressionistically to the second quarter of the fourteenth century on the basis of the hand, the French endorsement, and the floruit of Shardelowe.
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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 8005
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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/C9107563/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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