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John Pecche; John de Swaby; Margery Swaby, wife of John de Swaby; Thomas Cause; Alice...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/136/6762

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Reference
SC 8/136/6762
Date
[c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
John Pecche; John de Swaby; Margery Swaby, wife of John de Swaby; Thomas Cause; Alice Cause, wife of Thomas Cause.
Name(s)
Pecche; de Swaby; Swaby; Cause; Cause, John; John; Margery; Thomas; Alice
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request for relief in a dispute which cannot be resolved because the court is in the hands of the king following the rebellion of Thomas of Lancaster.
Nature of endorsement
[Notes for legal process to follow.]
Places mentioned
Wainfleet, [Lincolnshire]
Friskney, [Lincolnshire]
Belchford, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
John Gobaud
John Outre
William de Kyme
Alan Toller of Wainfleet
William FitzSimon
William Lavedihar of Friskney
John Gerard
Joan [Gerard], wife of John Gerard
Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
William FitzPhilip
William Rengot
William Soverayn
John de Orreby (Orby).
Note
Datable, from internal evidence, to after the fall of Thomas of Lancaster in 1322.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208944/

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