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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Elizabeth Bastard, widow of William Bastard, gentleman. Bastard Elizabeth Commons...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/92/4571
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This record is about the Elizabeth Bastard, widow of William Bastard, gentleman. Bastard Elizabeth Commons... dating from [c. 1461] 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 8/92/4571
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1461]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Elizabeth Bastard, widow of William Bastard, gentleman.
- Name(s)
- Bastard, Elizabeth
- Addressees
- Commons assembled in the present parliament.
- Nature of request
- Bastard requests that Thomas Thornbury and the others who killed her husband, his son and Hadyngton (Thomas having admitted to slitting their throats) be attainted of the deaths following her appeal, and that and be executed as is ordained by law. Thomas Thornbury's grandfather had granted the manor of Little Monden to the Bastard's, and following a dispute over this between the Bastard's and Richard Thornbury, Thomas Thornbury and his companions had first come to the manor and done much damage and carried goods away, but not being satisfied with this killed her husband.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face].Let this bill be sent to the lords.[On dorse].Let it be done as it is desired.
- Places mentioned
- Little Munden, Hertfordshire
- London
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- William Bastard, gentleman, late husband of the petitioner
- Philip Thornebury (Thornbury), kt., grandfather of the petitioner
- Richard [Thornebury (Thornbury)], son of Philip Thornbury
- John Fortescu (Fortescue), Chief Justice of [King's Bench]
- John Prysot, Chief Justice of [Common Pleas]
- Thomas Thornebury (Thornbury), son of Richard Thornbury
- Robert Hunt. . .ete, of London, soldier
- John Davy of London, soldier
- William Worth of London, servant
- John Harrys (Harris) of London, yeoman
- William Wynge, of Little Munden, chapman
- Philip Bastard, son of William Bastard
- John Hadyngton (Haddington), gentleman, clerk to William Bastard.
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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 564
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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)
- English
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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/C9149119/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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