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John Dougate (Dowgate), of Thurston. Dougate (Dowgate) John King. Dougate requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/271/13550

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This record is about the John Dougate (Dowgate), of Thurston. Dougate (Dowgate) John King. Dougate requests... dating from [1350] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/271/13550
Date
[1350]
Description
Petitioners
John Dougate (Dowgate), of Thurston.
Name(s)
Dougate (Dowgate), John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Dougate requests that he be granted a charter of pardon for the robbery of Thurston of which he is indicted in Suffolk in the liberty of Bury St Edmunds. He has served the king in his French war, and the garrison of Calais.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
France
Calais, [France]
Thurston, [Suffolk]
Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
People mentioned
Sewale (Suel) de Thurston.
Note
The petition is dated to 1350 as an enrolment of a number of individuals seeking pardon and including this petitioner dates to 1350 (cf. SC 8/185/9212-3).
Related material

For an enrolled list of a number of petitioners mostly from those who had served in the king's war or the Calais garrison and including this petitioner, see SC 8/185/9212

For the continuation of that list see SC 8/185/9213

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/C9517497/

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