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Thomas de Billesdon, clerk of King's Bench. de Billesdon Thomas Council. clerk of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4674

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This record is about the Thomas de Billesdon, clerk of King's Bench. de Billesdon Thomas Council. clerk of... dating from [1377-1381] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/94/4674
Date
[1377-1381]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Billesdon, clerk of King's Bench.
Name(s)
de Billesdon, Thomas
Addressees
Council.
Occupation
clerk of King's Bench
Nature of request
Billesdon requests a remedy be ordained for him as the queen granted the keeping of Hondesacre to him, and he married her, but afterwards Ercedeken came with great numbers and carried her away, and still detains her.
Nature of endorsement
He should sue at the common law.
Places mentioned
Coventry, [Warwickshire]
Thame, [Oxfordshire].
People mentioned
Elizabeth [Hondesacre], daughter and one of the heirs of Simon Hondesacre
Simon Hondesacre
Robert Ercedeken (Archdeacon) of Coventry.
Note
The petition dates to 1377-1381 as the petition is clearly early Richard II making mention of the queen, the king's mother, and the petitioner was dead by February 1381 (CPR 1377-81, p.599).
Related material

For transcript, see no.2 of PRO 31/7/110

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 807
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149225/

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