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John Trussell. Trussell John Council. Trussell requests release from imprisonment...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/216/10771

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Reference
SC 8/216/10771
Date
[1378]
Description
Petitioners
John Trussell.
Name(s)
Trussell, John
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
Trussell requests release from imprisonment in the Tower of London, since he has made fine to the King for his trespass, grace to the party, and found surety of peace in the Chancery as ordered by writ.
Nature of endorsement
It was agreed that because he has made grace to the party, found sufficient surety in the Chancery to pay the King £20 for his fine and found surety of his good behaviour towards the King and his people in future on pain of 500 marks, the petitioner should have the charters and writs necessary for his release.
Places mentioned
London.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1378, with reference to SC 8/216/10770 which is also dated to 1378, with reference to CCR 1377-81, p. 200, a 1378 order to allow Trussell to go at large within the Tower of London.
Related material

For a related petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/216/10770

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.200 (order to allow Trussell to go at large within the Tower of London) & p.215 (memo re Trussell)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334327/

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