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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Poor people of Loughborough. King and council. The poor people of Hugh le Despenser,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/106/5268
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This record is about the Poor people of Loughborough. King and council. The poor people of Hugh le Despenser,... dating from [c. 1323] 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 8/106/5268
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor people of Loughborough.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The poor people of Hugh le Despenser, earl of Winchester, of the town of Loughborough show that on the morrow of the feat of the translation of St Thomas, 15 [Edw. II], Holand and Bredon with many armed men came to Loughborough and chased the people from their house so that they dared not return for three months, and carried away many of their goods wrongfully and against the king's peace. The people request a certain restoration from the lands, goods and chattels of Holand and Bredon that have come into the king's hand having regard for their great loss and poverty and relief of their estate.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king is not minded to make satisfaction from the forfeited goods of the trespassers coming into his hands for trespasses committed by them.Coram domino rege.
- Places mentioned
- Loughborough, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser, earl of Winchester
- Robert Holand (Holland)
- William de Bredon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1321-4, p.309 is a commission granted at the request of Hugh Despenser on what seems to be the same matter, and therefore provides a context and dating for this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.35 of PRO 31/7/97
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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 2704
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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)
- French
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.309 (related commission of oyer and terminer)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149838/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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