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William de Tuddingham (Tuddenham). de Tuddingham (Tuddenham) William King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/258/12881

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Reference
SC 8/258/12881
Date
[c. 1303]
Description
Petitioners
William de Tuddingham (Tuddenham).
Name(s)
de Tuddingham (Tuddenham), William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
William de Tuddingham states that he was in the King's service in Scotland and that he had the King's protection until Michaelmas in the King's thirty-first year, and complains that within that time one Walter de Norwyce, King's clerk, came to Cambridgeshire with a commission from the King to inquire into what effects he had in the said county, and, when he found that William and his parceners held their lands in the Isle of Ely by a knight's fee, Giles de Barnett and Robert le Hundirder, bailiffs of the Bishop of Ely, wrongly had 40s, levied from him and his parceners, of which the King was not served.
Nature of endorsement
The sheriff of Cambridgeshire is to be ordered to have the aforesaid Giles and Robin come before the Barons of the Exchequer on the morrow of the close of Easter, to answer to the King for the contempt and damages.
Places mentioned
Scotland
Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire.
People mentioned
Walter de Norwyce (Norwich), King's clerk
Giles de Barnett, bailiff of the Bishop of Ely
Robert (Robin) le Hundirder, bailiff of the Bishop of Ely.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440493/

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