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Henry Pel. . .. Pel. . . Henry King and council. London Estratford (Stratford at...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/158/7860

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Reference
SC 8/158/7860
Date
[? 1320-? 1360]
Description
Petitioners
Henry Pel. . ..
Name(s)
Pel. . ., Henry
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
London
Estratford (Stratford at Bow), [Middlesex].
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damaged and too little remains to reconstruct the complaint and request]. The petitioner requests a remedy concerning many writs of arrest and robberies made on merchants.
Nature of endorsement
Let certain people be assigned by commission of the great seal . . . [the remainder of the response is largely illegible because of damage to the petition and by a repair].
Note
The petition is dated speculatively on the basis of the hand to 1320-1360, there being no further dating evidence.
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/C9210052/

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