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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Roger Galeon, customer, of King's Lynn. Galeon Roger Council. customer Galeon recounts...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/214/10683
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This record is about the Roger Galeon, customer, of King's Lynn. Galeon Roger Council. customer Galeon recounts... dating from [1398] 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 8/214/10683
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1398]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger Galeon, customer, of King's Lynn.
- Name(s)
- Galeon, Roger
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- customer
- Nature of request
- Galeon recounts that he came to Stamford on the Thursday before Mid-Lent last and was in his chamber in Bond's hostelry when Aunterons and other men came with force and arms at night and, with the assent of his host, beat him to near death, stole money from him, and took him to the chamber of Gray, who was also staying there, and forced him to repeat that he pardoned Gray and others all their trespasses against him, which he did not want to do. The petitioner then left that hostelry and went to another, leaving behind £40 of the King's gold, a spear, a shield, four horses and three saddles which he had left in Bond's safe-keeping. On the Sunday next Aunterons came to Stamford with 60 archers intending to kill the petitioner. Galeon requests that Aunterons and Bond be made to appear before the council to answer for their actions.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 2 May in the 21st year (1398) the council agreed that a commission should be made under the great seal to Blackburn to arrest the people named within and bring them before the King's council.
- Places mentioned
- Lynne (King's Lynn), [Norfolk]
- Stamford, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Ralph Bond of Stamford
- John Aunterons, esquire
- Lord Gray
- Simon Blakbourne (Blackburn), serjeant at arms.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated in the endorsement to 2 May in the twenty-first year of Richard II (1398).
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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/C9334240/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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