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Katherine de Dounhamhethe (Downham), sister of Master William de Dounhamhethe. de...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/158/7852

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This record is about the Katherine de Dounhamhethe (Downham), sister of Master William de Dounhamhethe. de... dating from [1315] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/158/7852
Date
[1315]
Description
Petitioners
Katherine de Dounhamhethe (Downham), sister of Master William de Dounhamhethe.
Name(s)
de Dounhamhethe (Downham), Katherine
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[Petition in two parts].1) Katherine, sister of Master William de Downhamhethe, requests grace and remedy concerning the assault made in full market on her at Downham Market by Ingoldisthorpe and others and for the goods they carried away.2) She requests further remedy as Beddingham and others came to Downham Market and reaped her corn and carried it away and assaulted her and her servant.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Dounhamhethe (Downham Market), [Norfolk]
Norfolk.
People mentioned
Master William de Dounhamhethe (Downham)
Thomas de Ingaldesthorp (Ingoldisthorpe), knight, constable and Keeper of the Peace in Norfolk
John de Bucton
Thomas de Massingham
William de Bedyngham (Beddingham), bailiff of the abbot of Ramsey in Downham Market
Peter de Spaldynge (Spalding).
Note
The petition dates to late 1315 as relevant entries in Chancery warrants and the patent rolls date to 2 January 1316 (CCW 1244-1326, p.435; CPR 1313-17, p.431).
Related material

For another petition on a related matter that may have been enclosed with this see SC 8/158/7851

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.435 (mandate to appoint William de Ormesby and his companions justices of assize in Norfolk to hear and determine trespasses contained in an attached bill)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.431 (commission of oyer and terminer)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210044/

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