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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alan Leverton, clerk. Leverton Alan [Not specified] clerk Alan Leverton states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/237/11846
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This record is about the Alan Leverton, clerk. Leverton Alan [Not specified] clerk Alan Leverton states that... dating from [1385] 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 8/237/11846
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alan Leverton, clerk.
- Name(s)
- Leverton, Alan
- Addressees
- [Not specified]
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Alan Leverton states that the King presented him to the church of St Mary of Feltwell, and that he was instituted and inducted there on 28 February in the King's seventh year [1384], but that John Dobbe of Palgrave, John Man of Methwold and others conspired to remove him from the church by force. They have also taken its fruits, forcing Simon Barbour of Santon Downham, his farmer, to make a bond to pay these to them, to the prejudice of the King and his great damage.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Feltwell, [Norfolk]
- Palgrave, [Suffolk]
- Methwold, [Norfolk]
- Brandon Ferry, [Suffolk]
- Swaffham, [Norfolk]
- Castle Acre, [Norfolk]
- Sancton (Santon Downham), [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- John Dobbe of Palgrave
- John Man of Methwold
- Simon Barbour of Santon Downham.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a writ resulting from this petition, see SC 8/237/11843
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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/C9335406/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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