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Gilbert Crede (Creed), parson of the church of Smarden. Crede (Creed) Gilbert Duke...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8445

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This record is about the Gilbert Crede (Creed), parson of the church of Smarden. Crede (Creed) Gilbert Duke... dating from [? 1422-? 1429] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/169/8445
Date
[? 1422-? 1429]
Description
Petitioners
Gilbert Crede (Creed), parson of the church of Smarden.
Name(s)
Crede (Creed), Gilbert
Addressees
Duke of Gloucester and other lords of the council.
Occupation
parson of the church of Smarden
Nature of request
Crede requests that Ellis, and Nynne, Matras and the others be made to come before the king to be examined for the evil acts done, and that the malefactors and trespassers be punished and make sufficient surety to in accordance with their trespass, and that he be able to have his church and serve and govern it as he is bound to do. The malefactors came and assaulted him and imprisoned him and his servant.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Smarden, Kent.
People mentioned
[Humphrey of Lancaster], duke of Gloucester
William Nynne
Thomas Matras
Robert Roger
William Halynden
John Adam, otherwise called Holinhurst
John Holinhurst, otherwise called Adam
William Crull
Thomas Hayman
Thomas Elys (Ellis), justice of the peace.
Note
The petition is dated to? 1422-? 1429 as the duke of Gloucester acted as regent during the duke of Bedford's absence in the minority of Henry VI (Handbook of British Chronology, p.41). It is just possible that the petition is slightly earlier as the duke of Gloucester acted as regent for Henry V in 1421-2 as well.
Related material

For the schedule formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/169/8446

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/C9294293/

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