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None. King. It is requested that letters be sent to the chancellor to make a writ...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/246/12286

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Reference
SC 8/246/12286
Date
[1353]
Description
Petitioners
None.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
It is requested that letters be sent to the chancellor to make a writ to Shareshull and his companions assigned to hear an oyer and terminer between the bishop, Whitefield and the Cossingtons that no day be held without Gray.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Dorset.
People mentioned
William de Shareshull, justice
[Robert Wyvil], bishop of Salisbury
John de Whytefeld (Whitefield)
Stephen de Cosyngton (Cossington)
Constance [de Cosyngton (Cossington)], wife of Stephen de Cossington
Thomas de Gray.
Note
The petition dates to 1353 as the commission of oyer and terminer referred to in the petition was issued on 6 June 1353 (CPR 1350-4, pp.507-8).
Related material

For the secret seal warrant with which this petition was originally enclosed see no. 60 in C 81/1333

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. IX, 1350-1354, (Public Record Office, 1907), pp.507-8 (commission of oyer and terminer into the matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439892/

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