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John Seint Johan (St John), knight; John Basset, esquire. Seint Johan (St John);...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/231/11537

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Reference
SC 8/231/11537
Date
[? 1409-1414]
Description
Petitioners
John Seint Johan (St John), knight; John Basset, esquire.
Name(s)
Seint Johan (St John); Basset, John; John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Seint Johan and Basset request that they be granted a special assize against John Flore and his wife, assigning certain justices. John Flore and his wife disseised them of their tenement in Littleham.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Littleham, Devon.
People mentioned
John Flore, esquire
Philippa [Flore], wife of John Flore
Robert Hill, justice
John Hals (Hales), justice
John Arundell (Arundel), esquire, justice
Walter Pollard, justice.
Note
The petition is dated to? 1409-1414 as other petitions found in the following files that came from Chancery Files 539 date to this range. Some context for this petition may be found in The Commons 1386-1421, iv.282.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 539.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335096/

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