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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Not specified. King The unnamed petitioner (presumably the abbot of Shrewsbury or...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/220/10994
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/220/10994
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1390]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Not specified.
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The unnamed petitioner (presumably the abbot of Shrewsbury or someone on his behalf) requests that Thomas de Whytton be removed as sheriff of Shropshire, as he received the office at the procurement of Richard de Lodelowe, nephew of Thomas de Lodelowe, a former sheriff who had maliciously accused the Abbot of Shrewsbury of forcibly removing a prisoner from his custody, for which the abbot was unjustly imprisoned in the Fleet prison.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Shropshire
- Shrewsbury, [Shropshire]
- London
- Fleet prison, [London].
- People mentioned
- Robert de Lodelowe (Ludlow), former sheriff of Shropshire
- John Cary
- William Porter
- Richard de Lodelowe (Ludlow), nephew of Robert de Lodelowe
- Thomas de Whytton (Witton), sheriff of Shropshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Thomas de Witton was appointed sheriff of Shropshire on 7 November 1390 and removed on 18 December 1390, presumably as a result of this petition.
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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/C9334553/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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