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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Tenants of Bridgnorth. King. The tenants request another remedy as Hord and Selmon...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/231/11546
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/231/11546
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1409]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants of Bridgnorth.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The tenants request another remedy as Hord and Selmon came before the king to request a remedy against the malice, destructions and oppressions of Bruyn, and they were granted a remedy, but Bruyn, the Masseys and Walsshman came and killed Pleyley and chased the people into the town and they dare not leave the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bridgnorth, [Shropshire]
- Puddington, [Cheshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard Hord, bailiff of Bridgnorth
- Richard Selmon, bailiff of Bridgnorth
- John Bruyn, esquire
- Richard Massy (Massey) of Puddington
- Henry Massy (Massey), brother of Richard Massey
- Griffyn Walsshman
- Richard Pleyley.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1409 as a commission was issued concerning the complaint on 7 February 1409 (CPR 1408-13, p.66).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 539.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.383-384 (summary of petition with references)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. IV, 1408-1413, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.66 (commission to arrest Bruyn)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335105/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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