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Peter Bodynden of Woodchurch. Bodynden Peter Council. Bodynden requests remedy against...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/166/8273

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Reference
SC 8/166/8273
Date
[c. 1377]
Description
Petitioners
Peter Bodynden of Woodchurch.
Name(s)
Bodynden, Peter
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
Bodynden requests remedy against Blosine who, when bailiff of 7 hundreds in Kent, in the forty-eighth year of the King's grandfather (1374) falsely arrested all Bodynden's goods and chattels in the parsonage of Kennington for the time he was farmer of the same, wrongly outlawed Forster, sealed Bodynden's houses and prevented him from entering them until he had paid him.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Woodchurch, [Kent]
Kent
Kennington, [Kent].
People mentioned
William Blosine
E[Edward III], King of England
Robert Forster, parson of Kennington.
Note
No date on the guard. The petition refers to events of December 1374 as occurring during the reign of the King's grandfather, so it must date from 1377 or later.
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/C9294118/

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