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People of the community of Lincolnshire. King and council. Petition concerning the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/131/6505

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This record is about the People of the community of Lincolnshire. King and council. Petition concerning the... dating from [c. 1318] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/131/6505
Date
[c. 1318]
Description
Petitioners
People of the community of Lincolnshire.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Petition concerning the maladministration of the sheriff of Lincolnshire.
Nature of endorsement
Notes for the instruction of justices.
Places mentioned
Lincolnshire.
People mentioned
Lambert de Thrikyngham (Threekingham)
Adam de Limbergh
Robert de Malbethorp (Maplethorpe)
sheriff of Lincolnshire.
Note
It seems, from the reference to Limbergh and Maplethorpe in the petition, that this is likely to date from the time when they were holding general sessions of inquiry in Lincolnshire under commissions of 1318: CPR 1317-21, p. 299.
Related material

For transcript, see no.63 of PRO 31/7/95

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6180
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208687/

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