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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Simon Abraham, citizen and girdler of London. Abraham Simon Council. citizen and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/88/4394
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This record is about the Simon Abraham, citizen and girdler of London. Abraham Simon Council. citizen and... dating from [1378] 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 8/88/4394
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simon Abraham, citizen and girdler of London.
- Name(s)
- Abraham, Simon
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- citizen and girdler of London
- Nature of request
- Simon Abraham, citizen and girdler of London, states that because John Inglissh, parker of Wendover and servant of Alice Perers, took one John Inglissh, his apprentice and servant, out of his service by force, he was outlawed in London, and, because he lived in Wendover, Simon sued various writs of capias utlagatum to John de Broghton, then Sheriff of Buckinghamshire: but because of the menaces of Alice Perers, he did not dare to put them into execution, as Simon is ready to prove. He requests a remedy from the council.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Wendover, Buckinghamshire.
- People mentioned
- John Inglissh (English), parker of Wendover and servant of Alice Perers
- Alice Perers (Perrers)
- John Inglissh (English), apprentice and servant of Simon Abraham
- John de Broghton, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- John de Broghton was Sheriff of Buckinghamshire between 1 October 1375 and 26 October 1376, but this complaint may date from after his tenure of that office. Like other petitions against Alice Perrers, it is datable to the parliament of October 1378 on the basis of annotations on SC 8/94/4691 and SC 8/148/7363, which refer specifically to petitions against Alice in that parliament.
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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 118
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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/C9148936/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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