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Simon Wynchecombe (Winchcombe), late sheriff of London. Wynchecombe (Winchcombe)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/213/10627
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This record is about the Simon Wynchecombe (Winchcombe), late sheriff of London. Wynchecombe (Winchcombe)... dating from [c. 1383] 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 8/213/10627
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1383]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simon Wynchecombe (Winchcombe), late sheriff of London.
- Name(s)
- Wynchecombe (Winchcombe), Simon
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- sheriff of London
- Nature of request
- Wynchecombe requests that whereas More was indicted and convicted of certain felonies, because of which the petitioner arrested More's goods and delivered them to the custody of Whittington, Daue, Whit and Betelee, but by virtue of a writ Brembre has taken the same into the king's hand, that the goods of More be delivered to the petitioner so that he more speedily can content the King for More's purparty of the farm of the city of London and other debts.
- Nature of endorsement
- The council agrees that the petitioner should have a writ under the great seal as requested.
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- John More, late sheriff of London
- Richard Wytyngton (Whittington), citizen of London
- Robert Daue, citizen of London
- John White, citizen of London
- Robert Betelee, citizen of London
- Nicholas Brembre, late mayor and escheator of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1383-4, since the petitioner and More were sheriffs of London in 1383 and in 1384 an order was made to deliver to Wynchecombe the goods of More, in response to this petition (CCR 1381-5, p. 491).
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), p.491 (order to deliver to Wynchecombe the goods of More, in response to this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334184/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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