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Free tenants of Cobham. King. The free tenants request that the abbot of Chertsey...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/271/13533

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Reference
SC 8/271/13533
Date
[1400-1419]
Description
Petitioners
Free tenants of Cobham.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The free tenants request that the abbot of Chertsey be ordered to pay the portion of the fifteenth due from his neif tenants in the same vill as they are distrained to pay his portion, and they request that they can have their distraints back. Following an earlier dispute the sum due for the fifteenth was divided between the free tenants and the neifs, and this remained the customary payment until Calverdon withdrew payment for the neifs.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Cobham, Surrey.
People mentioned
Abbot of Chertsey
Thomas Calverdon, Abbot of Chertsey.
Note
The petition dates to 1400-1419 based on the reference in the petition to Abbot Thomas de Calverdon who was abbot at Chertsey between those dates (VCH Surrey, vol. II, p.64).
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/C9517480/

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