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Robert ?, Prior of Plympton. Robert Commons of parliament. Prior of Plympton The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/135/6740
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This record is about the Robert ?, Prior of Plympton. Robert Commons of parliament. Prior of Plympton The... dating from [1437-1479] 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 8/135/6740
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1437-1479]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert ?, Prior of Plympton.
- Name(s)
- Robert
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Occupation
- Prior of Plympton
- Nature of request
- The Prior of Plympton requests action against various misdoers, led by Silverbok, who attacked the secular chapel in the priory grounds, stole and attacked the dead body of Gerard Jonson, threw it in a ditch, performing mock rites over the body, and have so terrorised the priests that they dare not say the mass.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:] Let it be sent to the lords.[On dorse:] Let it be done as he requests.
- Places mentioned
- Plympton, [Devon]
- Sporeham (Spurham), [Devon].
- People mentioned
- Gerard Jonson
- John Silverbok of Plympton
- William Holditch, canon of Plympton
- Thomas Asshman
- John Brown
- Reynold Bolbay
- William Brokyng of Spurham
- Thomas Wyoth atte Ford
- John Whitehill
- Henry Shirwyll
- Walter Laury
- John Sturt
- Henry Robyn
- John Lyttiljon
- Thomas Balard
- John Lachebroke
- sheriff of Devon.
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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)
- French
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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/C9208922/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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