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John Curpel. Curpel John King and council. Curpel requests remedy because by an inquisition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/265/13223
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This record is about the John Curpel. Curpel John King and council. Curpel requests remedy because by an inquisition... dating from [c. 1283-c. 1290] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/265/13223
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1283-c. 1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Curpel.
- Name(s)
- Curpel, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Curpel requests remedy because by an inquisition held in the octave of St Martin before Hengham and Smalham he was imprisoned for a trespass done to the abbot of Derham, of which the damages amounted to 40s, until he was released by order of the King who then pardoned him for this trespass, and so the abbot bribed the justices to increase his damages to £10, so that the sheriff has made levy of Curpel's goods to the value of over 20 marks to his very great damage.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Norfolk.2) Complaint of John Curpel.3) Coram Rege.4) He should pay £10.5) Before the King at his pleasure; it seems by process made there that he should have justice. [Cancelled]6) It should be declared that if he complains of the justice or of the abbot, and if of the justice he should have a writ of record in Chancery before the King at his pleasure, and if he complain of the abbot he should not be given a writ of procurement. He says that he complains of both. [Cancelled]
- Places mentioned
- Derham, [Norfolk]
- Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Ralph de Hengham, justice
- William de Smalham, justice
- Abbot of Derham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1283-90, since this is the period in which Hengham receives appointments as a justice (CPR 1281-92, p. 95 and p. 395).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.95 (oyer and terminer to Hengham) & p.395 (association of Hengham with keeper and sheriffs of London)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517170/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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