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Prior and convent of Guisborough. King. The prior and convent request that their...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/113/5645A

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This record is about the Prior and convent of Guisborough. King. The prior and convent request that their... dating from [1405] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/113/5645A
Date
[1405]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of Guisborough.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The prior and convent request that their tenants be pardoned their rebellions for which many are indicted, and that they be pardoned their forfeitures of their goods and chattels.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:] The king ... [illegible].[On dorse: none.]
Places mentioned
Guisborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
Cleveland, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
Northallerton, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
John Fauconberge (Faucomberg), knight.
Note
The petition dates to 1405 as it was clearly made in the aftermath of the Scrope rebellion, and Faucomberg's head was sent to be places on the pillory of Guisborough on 22 July 1405 (CPR 1405-8, p.69).
Related material

For the list of names formerly attached to this petition see SC 8/113/5645B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3781
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1408, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.69 (order to the bailiffs of the town of Guisborough to put Faucomberg's head on their pillory for as long as it can last)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150317/

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