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Thomas Norton of Coventry, chapman. Norton Thomas King chapman Thomas Norton states...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/128/6399

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SC 8/128/6399
Date
[? 1474]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Norton of Coventry, chapman.
Name(s)
Norton, Thomas
Addressees
King
Occupation
chapman
Nature of request
Thomas Norton states that he employed Colyngburne in good faith to recover a debt owed to him by Horde. Having agreed payment, he handed the obligation to Colyngburne, but he has not received the money, and Colyngburne now refuses to return the obligation. As such he has no remedy, and asks that the King summon Colyngburne before him and order him to return the obligation.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] Pledges to prosecute: John Yonge of London, smith, William Hauke of London, yeoman.[on dorse] Before the King and his council morrow of St John (28 December).
Places mentioned
Coventry, [Warwickshire]
Crechirge [unidentified]
Wiltshire
London.
People mentioned
Henry Horde of Crechirge, merchant
John Colyngburne (Colingbourne), esquire of the King's Household, late sheriff of Wiltshire
John Yonge of London, smith
William Hauke of London, yeoman.
Note
William Colingbourne ('John' is clearly an error), sheriff of Wiltshire in 1473-4 and 1480-1, servant of Edward IV from 1461 and executed by Richard III in 1484 for involvement in Buckingham's Rebellion, was often involved in litigation concerning the collection of debts (Selden Society, 35, p.115). The petitioner probably refers to his term of 1473-4: the only parliament held between 1481 and his death was that of winter 1483, and it seems unlikely that Colingbourne would be described as a servant of Richard III's household. Therefore, given the endorsement, presumably the petition was presented either in December 1474, during the parliament of 1472-5, or in December 1478 during the parliament of that winter. The description of Colingbourne as 'late sheriff' rather than 'former sheriff' makes the earlier date more likely. 'Crechirge' is probably a variant of Creechurch or Christchurch, but identification is unclear.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6001
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Select Cases before the King's Council, 1243-1482, Ed. I.S. Leadam and J.F. Baldwin, (Selden Society, vol. XXXV, 1918), pp.115-6 (edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208578/

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