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Ralph Basset, esquire. Basset Ralph Commons of parliament. Ralph Basset complains...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/96/4795
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This record is about the Ralph Basset, esquire. Basset Ralph Commons of parliament. Ralph Basset complains... dating from [c. 1449] 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 8/96/4795
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1449]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Ralph Basset, esquire.
- Name(s)
- Basset, Ralph
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Ralph Basset complains of attacks on his house at Blore in Staffordshire by John Cokayn of Ashbourne, Thurston Vernon, William Cokayn and other malicious persons, around All Hallows Eve, in the King's twenty-eighth year. He asks the commons to ask the King to issue a writ to the Sheriff of Staffordshire, to make proclamation that the malefactors are to be summoned before King's Bench to answer for their actions; so that if they do not appear they are to be considered as convicted, and writs of capias issued; and if they do, they are to be sent to the Marshalsea until they have found security to answer for their crimes.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Let it be delivered to the lords.[On dorse] Let it be done as is requested.
- Places mentioned
- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
- Haddon, Derbyshire
- Blore, Staffordshire
- Marshalsea prison, [Southwark, Surrey].
- People mentioned
- John Cokayn of Ashbourne, esquire
- Thurston Vernon of Haddon, esquire
- William Cokayn of Ashbourne, gentleman
- John Cursom
- Richard Bagot
- Henry Bradburne
- Adam Baxtonden, servant of Ralph Basset.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a list of malefactors formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/96/4796
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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 1052
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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/C9149361/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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