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Adam Coppendale; Thomas de Beverley; men of Beverley. Coppendale; de Beverley Adam;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/264/13178B

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Reference
SC 8/264/13178B
Date
[1381]
Description
Petitioners
Adam Coppendale; Thomas de Beverley; men of Beverley.
Name(s)
Coppendale; de Beverley, Adam; Thomas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Coppendale, Beverley and other good men of Beverley request that whereas they were maliciously indicted of diverse felonies before Bigot and his companions at Beverley at the time of this rumour by their enemies, who are trouble-makers and rebels to the King, which indictments came into the King's Bench by writ, that the King, if he believes that the indictments were maliciously made, will annul them in this parliament.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
John de Bigot.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1381, since this is the date of the parliament to which this petition probably belongs (Rot. Parl. Vol. III, p. 393a).
Related material

For another petition formerly kept with this see SC 8/264/13178A

For another petition by the same petitioners formerly kept with this see SC 8/266/13260

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.393a (no.11) (order to alderman and chamberlains of Beverley re their petition about disturbers of the peace naming Coppendale and Beverley as probes homines of the town)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517125/

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