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Richard Pentney, Prior of Pentney. Pentney Richard Commons of parliament. Prior of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/135/6739
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This record is about the Richard Pentney, Prior of Pentney. Pentney Richard Commons of parliament. Prior of... dating from [1449-1464] 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 8/135/6739
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1449-1464]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Pentney, Prior of Pentney.
- Name(s)
- Pentney, Richard
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Occupation
- Prior of Pentney
- Nature of request
- The Prior of Pentney requests assistance in his dispute with Blak and his colleagues, who have attacked his land at Ashwood and East Winch, assaulting his workers and stealing his goods. Some of the animals are now on the land of Danyell, who refuses to return them, and Blak and his fellows have threatened to burn down the abbey.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:] Let it be sent to the lords.[On dorse:] Let it be done as desired.
- Places mentioned
- Pentney, Norfolk
- Worstead, [Norfolk]
- Middlesex
- Ringland, [Norfolk]
- Ayleswythorp (Gayton Thorpe), [Norfolk]
- Gayton, [Norfolk]
- Roydon, [Norfolk]
- Palgrave, [Norfolk]
- Ashwood (in Pentney), Norfolk
- East Winch, [Norfolk]
- King's Lynn, [Norfolk]
- Fleet Prison, London.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Blak
- John Douebyggyng, gentleman
- Thomas Denys, gentleman
- Geoffrey Norys, yeoman
- John Hood, yeoman
- Thomas Walle, yeoman
- John Mendeham of Ringland
- Simon Smith of Gayton Thorpe
- Robert Hood of Gayton, husbandman, John Gloucester of Gayton, labourer
- Thomas Merssh of Gayton, husbandman
- John Leonard of Gayton, husbandman
- John Pagerd of Roydon, tailor
- John Fualeyn of Roydon, husbandman
- Nicholas Cook of Roydon, servant
- Thomas Lesse of Roydon, servant
- Robert Canon of Palgrave, yeoman
- John Norys, servant of the abbot of Pentney
- Thomas Danyell, esquire
- Earl of Oxford
- sheriff of Norfolk.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- English
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208921/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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