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? No Petitioner named Letters patent of Edward III, appointing John de Bousser and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/98/4872

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letters patent of Edward III, appointing John de Bousser and... dating from [1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/98/4872
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letters patent of Edward III, appointing John de Bousser and John de Lyston to inquire into the claim by the Abbot and convent of Coggeshall that they have been disseised of view of frankpledge in their manor of Tolleshunt Major by one of Edward I's bailiffs.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Coggeshall, [Essex]
Tolleshunt Major, [Essex]
Essex
Westminster.
People mentioned
Edward [III], King of England
John de Bousser
John de Lyston
the Abbot and convent of Coggeshall
Edward [I], King of England
William de Tolleshunt, Abbot of Coggeshall.
Note
Dated to 1 Edward III - the precise date is missing, due to damage to the manuscript, but the inquisition to which these letters gave rise was held on the eve of Pentecost.
Related material

For a copy of the inquisition held as a result of these letters, see SC 8/98/4873

For a copy of a writ ordering a search of the Exchequer for evidence on this matter, see SC 8/98/4874

For the petition to which this document was attached, see SC 8/98/4871

For another petition from the same petitioners about this manor, see SC 8/98/4870

For an earlier petition from the same petitioners on this subject, see SC 8/98/4875

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1498
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149439/

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