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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Leominster. King and Council. The people of Leominster request remedy,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/123/6116
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This record is about the People of Leominster. King and Council. The people of Leominster request remedy,... dating from [c. 1380] 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 8/123/6116
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Leominster.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Leominster request remedy, claiming that they dare not leave their town, as Manne and his associates lie in wait in arms outside the town by night and day, to the great distress of the people of the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Leominster, Herefordshire
- Aston, [Herefordshire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh Manne
- William Manne of Aston
- Geoffrey Waldebeof
- William de Warton
- William Hothale
- Richard de Eton
- Walter le Sqwele
- John le Sqwele
- William le Sqwele
- Richard Umfray (Humphrey)
- John Colston.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? c. 1380. These people were the subject of another petition (SC 8/122/6081), relating to the death of Walter Webbeley on 10 September 1379, and presumably this petition also dates from around that time. John le Sqwele (Squel) was pardoned for his part in that murder in 1384 (CPR 1381-5, p.380).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from these petitioners relating to a similar matter see SC 8/122/6081
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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 5226
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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, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.380 (pardon to John le Squel for aiding and abetting the death of Walter Webbeley)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208286/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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