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Philip Oker (Okeover), esquire. Oker (Okeover) Philip King. Request for assistance...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/132/6597

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This record is about the Philip Oker (Okeover), esquire. Oker (Okeover) Philip King. Request for assistance... dating from [1446-1457] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/132/6597
Date
[1446-1457]
Description
Petitioners
Philip Oker (Okeover), esquire.
Name(s)
Oker (Okeover), Philip
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Request for assistance in a dispute over the manor of Okeover.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be done as he requests.
Places mentioned
Okeover, Staffordshire
Ashbourne, [Derbyshire].
People mentioned
John Cokyn, esquire
William Cokyn of Ashbourne
sheriff of Staffordshire
sheriff of Derbyshire.
Note
Dated on the guard with references.
Related material

For a schedule of names attached to this petition see SC 8/132/6598

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208778/

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