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People of Cove, Frimley and Farnborough. King and council. The people request grace...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/112/5571

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This record is about the People of Cove, Frimley and Farnborough. King and council. The people request grace... dating from [c. 1333] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/112/5571
Date
[c. 1333]
Description
Petitioners
People of Cove, Frimley and Farnborough.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The people request grace and remedy as Pelham took their oats and hay in the sixth and seventh years of the reign without payment, giving them tallies which they have, and they have not been paid.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered to the treasurer etc. just as of the other debts.Coram rege.
Places mentioned
Cove, [Hampshire]
Frimley, [Hampshire]
Farnborough, [Hampshire].
People mentioned
Geoffrey South
Walter Southwod (Southwood)
William Est (East)
Robert Pympol
Rankyn ate Lee (Atte Lee)
John de Synghenhurst
William le Frytheyer
John de Pelham, the king's avener.
Note
The petition refers to regnal years 6 and 7; it is assumed, on the basis of the hand and the French endorsement, that this is more likely to refer to the reign of Edward III than to that of his father, but the ascription is uncertain.
Related material

For transcript, see no.41 of PRO 31/7/99

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3557
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150238/

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