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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Simon Coupere (Cooper). Coupere (Cooper) Simon Council. Simon Coupere requests remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8390
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This record is about the Simon Coupere (Cooper). Coupere (Cooper) Simon Council. Simon Coupere requests remedy... dating from [c. 1387] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/168/8390
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1387]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simon Coupere (Cooper).
- Name(s)
- Coupere (Cooper), Simon
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Simon Coupere requests remedy stating that, on 31 July 1387, William Taverner was arrested at Tenterden by the constable and others for falsifying the king's coinage and other offences. However, Blossome, chief councillor of Gilleford, accepted money and allowed Taverner to go free, to the great damage of the people and the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Tenterden, Kent.
- People mentioned
- William Taverner
- William Blossome (Blossom)
- William Gilleford (Gildeford, Guildford), sheriff of Kent.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition refers to events occurring in 1387, and thus presumably dates from some time shortly thereafter.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/170/8473
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294236/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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