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Richard North. North Richard King and parliament. Request for assistance in dispute...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/130/6451

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Reference
SC 8/130/6451
Date
[c. 1377-c. 1380]
Description
Petitioners
Richard North.
Name(s)
North, Richard
Addressees
King and parliament.
Nature of request
Request for assistance in dispute over the church of Wold Newton.
Nature of endorsement
[None.]
Places mentioned
Wold Newton, [Lincolnshire]
Wainfleet, [Lincolnshire]
Stixwold Priory, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
Walter Malet
John Knyvet, late chancellor
[John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster.
Note
The petition dates (on internal evidence) from the early years of Richard II. For an earlier reference to the matter see CPR 1374-7, p. 449.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/73/3612

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6088
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208630/

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