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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Wodestok (Woodstock), William Glasiere, John Plomer, Adam Mason, William Thomas,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/148/7385
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This record is about the Thomas Wodestok (Woodstock), William Glasiere, John Plomer, Adam Mason, William Thomas,... dating from [1388] 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 8/148/7385
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Wodestok (Woodstock), William Glasiere, John Plomer, Adam Mason, William Thomas, Edmund Chapman, John Chayn and Richard Chayn of Aylesbury, in the name of the commons of Aylesbury.
- Name(s)
- Wodestok (Woodstock); Glasiere; Plomer; Mason; Thomas; Chapman; Chayn; Chayn, Thomas; William; John; Adam; William; Edmund; John; Richard
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners complain that the Bailiff and Constables of Aylesbury would not investigate a party of strangers who came to Aylesbury and lodged there on the Monday before the Circumcision last, who claimed to be Irish, on pilgrimage under safe-conduct from the King and the Duke of Ireland, and that when they did investigate, the Bailiff and Constables told them off and threatened them. They state that everything they did was good and well-intentioned, and ask that the Bailiff and Constables might be summoned before the King and lords to be punished for their disloyalty, and to provide security that the petitioners will be able to live peacefully in the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- On account of this bill the Sheriff of Buckinghamshire has been ordered to summon before the King in Chancery at the quinzaine of Trinity next, wherever he then is, William Caldecote, Bailiff, and Richard Saltere and John Draper, Constables of the town of Aylesbury, to answer to what is written here and to other things which by the King etc. And the same day is given to the parties prosecuting for the King etc.
- Places mentioned
- Aylesbury, [Buckinghamshire]
- Ireland.
- People mentioned
- William Caldecote, Bailiff of Aylesbury
- Richard Saltere (Salter), Constable of Aylesbury
- John Draper, Constable of Aylesbury
- [Thomas of Woodstock], Duke of Gloucester
- [Robert de Vere], Duke of Ireland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The reference to Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland between October 1386 and February 1388, and to the Monday before the Circumcision last, suggests that this petition comes from 1387 or 1388, and as it was delivered to parliament it must come from that of 1388.
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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/C9209570/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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