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Walter Turk and John Siward, citizens of London. Turk; Siward Walter; John King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/238/11891A

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Reference
SC 8/238/11891A
Date
[1341]
Description
Petitioners
Walter Turk and John Siward, citizens of London.
Name(s)
Turk; Siward, Walter; John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Walter Turk and John Siward, citizens of London, request an oyer et terminer concerning goods and chattels stolen with force and arms by John But, Roger de Stretton, and others in the port of Hamford in Essex.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Justices: William Scot, Richard de Kelleshulle, William de Notton, and Richard de Biriton: three or two of them, provided that the said William is one.[None on dorse]
Places mentioned
London
Hamford, Essex
Oakley, Essex
Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex.
People mentioned
John But
Roger de Stretton
William Scot (Scott), justice
Richard de Kelleshulle (Kelshall), justice
William de Notton, justice
Richard de Biriton, justice.
Note
Formerly enclosed with no.13633 of C 81/272, which is dated 20 January 14 Edward III (1341).CPR 1340-3 p.201 is dated 26 January 1341.
Related material

For a fuller list of the names of the malefactors, see SC 8/238/11891B

For instructions to the Chancellor to give the petitioners the appropriate writs on this matter, see no.13633 of C 81/272

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, Edw III, vol. V, 1340-1343, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.201 (commission of oyer et terminer to the justices named on this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335453/

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