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Guy de Seincler, sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. de Seincler Guy King...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/210/10499

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This record is about the Guy de Seincler, sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. de Seincler Guy King... dating from [1354] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/210/10499
Date
[1354]
Description
Petitioners
Guy de Seincler, sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.
Name(s)
de Seincler, Guy
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire
Nature of request
[The petition is damaged and part of it is torn away.]The sheriff reports that a prisoner in his charge has been abducted and the sheriff himself is harassed; he requests that the keepers of the peace be empowered to inquire into the matter.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:] It pleases the king that a commission should be made to hear and determine the matter, and such justices may be appointed to the commission as the sheriff names.[On dorse:] To the chancellor. [On dorse:] Traces of the king's secret seal.
Places mentioned
Huntingdon, [Huntingdonshire]
Huntingdonshire
Cambridgeshire.
People mentioned
John Savage
William atte More
Geoffrey Bere.
Note
Datable by reference to CPR 1354-8, pp. 125-6.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. X, 1354-1358, (Public Record Office, 1910), pp.125-126 (resulting commission of oyer and terminer)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334056/

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