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? Commons of Essex. King and council. Complaint requesting remedy concerning Gooding...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/158/7874

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This record is about the ? Commons of Essex. King and council. Complaint requesting remedy concerning Gooding... dating from [? 1325-? 1350] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/158/7874
Date
[? 1325-? 1350]
Description
Petitioners
? Commons of Essex.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Complaint requesting remedy concerning Gooding and others who are known as common malefactors and do great damage in the park and woods of Havering to the king, queen and all the commonalty in the country, and none of the king's ministers dares to do anything.
Nature of endorsement
Let this petition be sent to the treasurer and barons and that they ordain a remedy on the things contained in it.
Places mentioned
Hertfordshire
Havering atte Bower, [Essex].
People mentioned
Steven Goding (Gooding)
William Huberd, John [Sabyne], son of Maud Sabyne of Havering atte Bower
Maud Sabyne of Havering atte Bower
William de Stanstude (Stanstead) of Hertfordshire, keeper of the cattle and sheep of Steven Gooding, and member of his household
Simon le Harasour, keeper of the king's hay in Havering Park.
Note
The petition is dated speculatively to? 1325-? 1350 on the basis of the hand, there being no apparent alternative 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/C9210066/

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