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Illegible. King and lords of parliament. [This petition is badly damaged and largely...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/198/9893

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Reference
SC 8/198/9893
Date
[? c. 1422]
Description
Petitioners
Illegible.
Addressees
King and lords of parliament.
Nature of request
[This petition is badly damaged and largely illegible.]This petition complains about the oppressions of Roger Fenys and others.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Sussex
Shiplake hundred, [Sussex]
Lewes, Sussex
Chichester, Sussex
Michelham, [Sussex]
Bayham, [Sussex].
People mentioned
Roger Fenys, knight
Henry Elphey, formerly alderman in Shiplake hundred, Sussex
Richard Wakeherst
Joan Pelham
Walter Urry
William Gilderigg
Thomas [Wody]
Joan Wody
Prior of Michelham
Abbot of Bayham
Stephen Drue
William Ombres.
Note
A note on the guard dates this petition to early Henry VI with reference to Richard Wakeherst and Roger Fenys.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295782/

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