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Thomas Farnham, under-sheriff of Leicestershire. Farnham Thomas Duke of Gloucester,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/199/9924
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This record is about the Thomas Farnham, under-sheriff of Leicestershire. Farnham Thomas Duke of Gloucester,... dating from [c. 1422] 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 8/199/9924
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Farnham, under-sheriff of Leicestershire.
- Name(s)
- Farnham, Thomas
- Addressees
- Duke of Gloucester, and the lords of parliament.
- Occupation
- under-sheriff of Leicestershire
- Nature of request
- Thomas Farnham, under-sheriff to Thomas Ardyngton, formerly Sheriff of Leicestershire, states that John Mapulton of Swithland sued a writ of trespass against various people, and that process continued on this writ until, after numerous failures to appear in court, they were put in exigent and then outlawed. But because there was not a sufficient period of time between two of the county courts at which they failed to appear, this outlawry was quashed, and the Sheriff amerced in 100 marks. The petitioner is bound to the former Sheriff in 200 marks. He asks that, as the writ of exigent was made on the advice of John Mapulton, this amercement, which is much higher than is customary in such cases, might be pardoned.
- Nature of endorsement
- The sum is to be divided into instalments by the Treasurer of England for the time being, to be paid at certain terms, so that the party is not too badly ruined by the swift levying of the said sum.
- Places mentioned
- Swithland, Leicestershire
- Syston, Leicestershire
- Glenfield, Leicestershire
- Yorkshire
- Leicester, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- [Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester
- Thomas Ardyngton, Sheriff of Leicestershire
- John Mapulton of Swithland
- John Kene of Syston, husbandman
- John Ipon of Syston, husbandman
- Richard Hauflade of Syston, husbandman
- William Tough of Glenfield, husbandman
- William Sherman of Saxby, husbandman
- Walter Gower, gentleman
- Henry [V], King of England.
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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/C9295813/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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