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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Staunford (Stamford) of Bristol. Staunford (Stamford) Thomas Duke of Bedford,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/141/7030
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This record is about the Thomas Staunford (Stamford) of Bristol. Staunford (Stamford) Thomas Duke of Bedford,... dating from [1421] 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 8/141/7030
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1421]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Staunford (Stamford) of Bristol.
- Name(s)
- Staunford (Stamford), Thomas
- Addressees
- Duke of Bedford, Guardian of England and the lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Thomas Staunford of Bristol states that Thomas Norton of Bristol the elder and his sons Thomas and Walter lay in wait for him at Bristol to murder him, and succeeded in wounding him almost to death; for which they were indicted before James Cokkes, Mayor of Bristol and David Ruddok, Sheriff of Bristol, and these indictments were sent before King's Bench. In order to ruin the petitioner, and also to disrupt a formedon that he is suing in the name of his mother, Thomas Norton and his sons have presented various petitions to parliament, which are now before the council to be heard and determined. Thomas Staunford asks that, as these matters can be determined at common law, and as the petitions are not reasonable, Thomas Norton might be sent back to the common law, and that he might be dismissed by the council without being put to answer further on this, or else that he might answer these petitions by his counsel before the council, according to the course of common law.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bristol.
- People mentioned
- [John of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford
- Thomas Norton of Bristol the elder
- Thomas [Norton] of Bristol, son of Thomas Norton of Bristol
- Walter [Norton] of Bristol, son of Thomas Norton of Bristol
- Richard, servant of Thomas Norton the elder
- James Cokkes, Mayor of Bristol
- David Ruddok, Sheriff of Bristol.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- David Ruddok was Sheriff of Bristol between 11 October 1419 and 11 October 1420, so the petition must date from after 1419. The address to the Duke of Bedford and lords of parliament shows that the petition was delivered to one of the parliaments he presided over: as that of October 1419 seems too soon after Ruddok's appointment, this petition must have been delivered to the parliament of December 1421.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later petition by Thomas Staunford, see SC 8/198/9897
For a related petition from Thomas Staunford and his father, see SC 8/141/7033
For transcript, see no.40 of PRO 31/7/114
For a later petition by Thomas Norton on this matter, see SC 8/27/1307
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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/C9209167/
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