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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Agnes Bermythier, widow of Thomas Bermythier. Bermythier Agnes Commons of parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/96/4800
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This record is about the Agnes Bermythier, widow of Thomas Bermythier. Bermythier Agnes Commons of parliament.... 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 8/96/4800
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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
- Agnes Bermythier, widow of Thomas Bermythier.
- Name(s)
- Bermythier, Agnes
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Agnes, widow of Thomas Bermythier, states that her husband was murdered on 19 October in the King's twenty-eighth year, by a group of armed men procured by Laurence Berkeley, knight, Thomas Berkeley, esquire and Hugh Bovyll, then Sheriff of Rutland; and that the Sheriff empanelled a biased jury when the matter came before the justices of the peace, and Thomas Berkeley prevented her from suing with force and arms, and still threatens her. She asks the commons to ask the King to ensure, by authority of parliament, that she might be able to sue her appeal against these men and the process arising from it, as otherwise she is of no power to do so.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Let it be delivered to the lords.This bill is considered reasonable, if it please the King to let it pass.[On dorse] Let it be done as is desired.
- Places mentioned
- Whissendine, Rutland
- Uppingham, [Rutland].
- People mentioned
- Thomas Bermythier, husband of petitioner
- Laurence Berkeley, knight
- Thomas Berkeley, esquire
- Hugh Bovyll (Boyvyle), Sheriff of Rutland
- Henry Plesyngton, knight
- Thomas Palmer, justice of the peace
- Robert Flowre, justice of the peace.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The attack took place on 19 October, 28 Henry VI (1449), and the justices of the peace sat on the last day of October following. This petition must date from shortly afterwards.
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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 1063
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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/C9149366/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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