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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Roger Bole, tenant of the Earl of Derby. Bole Roger Duke of Gloucester and Duke of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/170/8487
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This record is about the Roger Bole, tenant of the Earl of Derby. Bole Roger Duke of Gloucester and Duke of... dating from [c. 1385] 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 8/170/8487
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger Bole, tenant of the Earl of Derby.
- Name(s)
- Bole, Roger
- Addressees
- Duke of Gloucester and Duke of York.
- Nature of request
- Bole requests that a sergeant at arms be commanded to arrest atte Well and the other malefactors with their maintainers, atte Chaumbre and his son to answer for the villainy done to the earl of Derby, and the extortions and trespass done to him, and that he be put in possession of his land in Lillingstone Lovell. The land descended to him but because of this atte Well and others came and took him and imprisoned him in the sixth year of the king's reign and held him until the following Easter, and after his delivery, and he obtained letters of the earl to the steward to enquire of this whereupon atte Well and other came to his close and beat him.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered by writ to the sheriff of Oxford that he enquire of the matter and certify the chancellor so that he can inform the council.
- Places mentioned
- Great Lillingstone (Lillingstone Lovell), Oxfordshire.
- People mentioned
- [Thomas of Woodstock], Duke of Gloucester
- [Edmund of Langley], Duke of York
- [Henry of Bolingbroke], Earl of Derby
- Thomas atte Well, servant of Roger atte Chambre
- Geoffrey Thurbarn, servant of Roger atte Chambre
- Henry Abbot, servant of Roger atte Chambre
- Roger atte Chaumbre, knight
- John [atte Chaumbre], son of Roger atte Chaumbre, knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1385 because the petition is addressed to the dukes of Gloucester and York, and they were only granted these titles on 6 August 1385.
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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/C9294336/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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