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Sybil .... Sybil; ... King and council. Sybil ... keeper of the peace in Shropshire...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/166/8270

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This record is about the Sybil .... Sybil; ... King and council. Sybil ... keeper of the peace in Shropshire... dating from [c. 1318] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/166/8270
Date
[c. 1318]
Description
Petitioners
Sybil ....
Name(s)
Sybil; ...
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Sybil ... keeper of the peace in Shropshire and elsewhere that ... on the feast of St Barnabas in the King's 12th year (1318) ... castle in great hardship and constraint until she ... manor of Hanwood and also made the beasts of ... they did not dare to approach them or graze them ... by which she and her husband purchased ... disinherited. And then it was made demesne by these men also ... of felony before Lane by conspiracy between ... to have their consent. And still they will not agree. Wherefore the said ... and make them enclose in a grange ... this wrong and others ... with Lane's help to their damage of £300.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Shropshire
Hanwood, [Shropshire].
People mentioned
Andrew ate Lane, undersheriff.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1318. The petition must date to 1318 or later since the petition refers to events of 11 June 12 Edward II [1318].
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/C9294115/

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