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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named [This document is damaged]Memorandum that on 10 April, 6 Henry...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/198/9877
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named [This document is damaged]Memorandum that on 10 April, 6 Henry... dating from 1405 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 8/198/9877
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1405
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- [This document is damaged]Memorandum that on 10 April, 6 Henry IV, Laurence Trussebut, appearing [before the King in Chancery] to answer questions on two cases held in the court of the Tolhouse of Bury St Edmunds, between Roger Drury and John Salman, and between Richard Alfred and John Salman, stated, in answer to one question that he had not been present in court when these pleas were pleaded, and in answer to another, that the juries in the inquisitions for these pleas [were charged to speak the truth on their fealty] to the King and the lord of the fee, and did not take an oath, and that this was the custom of the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- Henry IV, King of England
- Laurence Trussebut, [Bailiff of Bury St Edmunds]
- Roger [Drury, knight]
- Richard Alfred
- John Salman
- [Robert] Somerton, Bailiff of Bury St Edmunds.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated 10 April, 6 Henry IV (1405).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the petition to which this memorandum relates, see SC 8/198/9879
For a memorandum of evidence given by Robert Somerton, Bailiff of Bury St Edmunds, on this, see SC 8/198/9878
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295766/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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