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John de Rokesle, corder of London. de Rokesle John King and council. corder of London...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/265/13204

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Reference
SC 8/265/13204
Date
[c. 1303]
Description
Petitioners
John de Rokesle, corder of London.
Name(s)
de Rokesle, John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
corder of London
Nature of request
[This petition is badly stained and much is now illegible.]Rokesle requests remedy against Morle, Brademere and Brademere, his neighbours, who have attacked his house at Shawford in Ewell parish, and stolen goods to a value of over £100.
Nature of endorsement
It should go to Chancery and he should have remedy.
Places mentioned
Scaudeford (Shawford), Surrey
Ewell, [Surrey]
Copthorne hundred, [Surrey]
Guilford, [Surrey].
People mentioned
Bartholomew de Morle
Alice de Brademere
Richard de Brademere, son of Alice de Brademere
sheriff of Surrey.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1303, with reference to Calendar of London Letter Books C, p.134, a 1303 case in which John de Rokesle, corder, acts as a pledge.
Related material

For a related petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/264/13155

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/C9517151/

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