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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Derham, clerk and Edmund Derham, his brother. Derham; Derham Richard; Edmund...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/217/10842
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This record is about the Richard Derham, clerk and Edmund Derham, his brother. Derham; Derham Richard; Edmund... dating from [? 1399-? 1403] 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 8/217/10842
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1399-? 1403]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Derham, clerk and Edmund Derham, his brother.
- Name(s)
- Derham; Derham, Richard; Edmund
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Richard and Edmund Derham state that their family have long held a free sheepfold in East Dereham. However, Stanton and Alpe have lately gathered a force and broken into the fold and stolen their sheep, and have also assaulted Edmund in the church at East Dereham. They therefore request that the council summon Stanton and Alpe before them to answer these charges.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- East Dereham, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Thomas Stanton the elder
- Richard Alpe.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively on the guard to the period 1399-1403, with reference to this petition's survival in a file with others from that time. The handwriting would seem consistent with such a date.
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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/C9334399/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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