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Robert Cheddre (Cheddar) of Bristol. Cheddre (Cheddar) Robert King. [This petition...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/222/11060

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Reference
SC 8/222/11060
Date
[1383]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Cheddre (Cheddar) of Bristol.
Name(s)
Cheddre (Cheddar), Robert
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[This petition is damaged and fragmentary.]Remains of a petition from Robert Cheddre, seemingly requesting licence to acquire certain property in the manor of Cheddar from the bishop of Bath and Wells, and pardon for acquiring others without licence.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Bristol
Cheddar, [Somerset]
Southbarrow [unidentified], [Somerset]
Knappisham [unidentified], [Somerset].
People mentioned
John [Harewell, Bishop of Bath and] Wells
Roger Seward (Sewarde)
William Seward (Sewarde).
Note
The petition is badly damaged, but the sense can be reconstructed with reference to CPR 1381-5, p.280, the requested licence clearly issued in response to this petition. The unidentified places are evidently plots of land in the manor of Cheddar.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.280 (requested licence)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334620/

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