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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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Henry English, sheriff of Essex. English Henry King and Council. sheriff of Essex...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8391
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This record is about the Henry English, sheriff of Essex. English Henry King and Council. sheriff of Essex... dating from [1389] 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 8/168/8391
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1389]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry English, sheriff of Essex.
- Name(s)
- English, Henry
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- sheriff of Essex
- Nature of request
- Henry English, sheriff of Essex, states that he sent his bailiff, Dane, to arrest Panyman on a writ of statute staple. When he made the arrest, Cokefeld, the chief constable of Tendring hundred, and many others from Manningtree came and attacked Dane, so that English has now lost the service of his servant in the hundred, which has greatly emboldened all the troublemakers in that hundred.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Essex
- Mistley, [Essex]
- Tendring hundred, [Essex]
- Manytre (Manningtree), [Essex].
- People mentioned
- John Dane, bailiff
- Godfrey Panyman of Mistley
- Geoffrey Cokefeld of Mistley, chief constable of Tendring hundred.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Presumably dates to some point between the attack in the summer of 1389, and the end of English's term as sheriff.
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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/C9294237/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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