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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Peyntour of Aylesbury; Helen Peyntour, wife of Richard Peyntour. Peyntour;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/215/10735
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This record is about the Richard Peyntour of Aylesbury; Helen Peyntour, wife of Richard Peyntour. Peyntour;... dating from [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 8/215/10735
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1383]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Peyntour of Aylesbury; Helen Peyntour, wife of Richard Peyntour.
- Name(s)
- Peyntour; Peyntour, Richard; Helen
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Richard and Helen Peyntour recount that they were falsely imprisoned at Aylesbury by Profet's writ of trespass until the return of the said writ, notwithstanding their writ of supersedeas to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to grant them bail which was delivered to Profet by Bedford in the presence of Aylesbury. Profet would not execute their writ, but angrily and rudely threw it into the stream. The petitioners request that Profet be ordered to appear before the council to answer to the King for this contempt.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] 1) Helen Peyntour appoints her husband and Goldsmith as her attorneys.2) A writ was sent to Profet ordering him to appear before the King in Chancery on the Thursday next to answer in this matter.[On dorse: None.]
- Places mentioned
- Aylesbury, [Buckinghamshire]
- Buckinghamshire
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- John Profet, clerk of the sheriff of Buckinghamshire
- John Bedeford (Bedford), limiter of the Carmelite order of Oxford
- Thomas de Aylesbury, bachelor of divinity
- John Goldsmyth (Goldsmith) of Aylesbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated in the endorsement to 3 July in the 7th year [of Richard II] (1383).
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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/C9334291/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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