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Prior and convent of Eye. King. The petitioners seek redress in the matter of the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/110/5476

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This record is about the Prior and convent of Eye. King. The petitioners seek redress in the matter of the... dating from [c. 1380-c. 1381] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/110/5476
Date
[c. 1380-c. 1381]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of Eye.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The petitioners seek redress in the matter of the farm of the town of Dunwich.
Nature of endorsement
Sue to the king's council and the barons of the exchequer will be called there and right will be done.
Places mentioned
Eye, [Suffolk]
Dunwich, [Suffolk].
People mentioned
John Busshy
sheriff of Suffolk.
Note
On the dorse, in an early modern hand, is written 'petitiones parliament' anno 4', which indicates that this is part of a (now dispersed) file of parliamentary petitions, and internal evidence indicates that this must be the fourth year of Richard II.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3298
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150141/

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