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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Norman of Dunstable. Norman William [Not specified.] Norman requests remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13697
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This record is about the William Norman of Dunstable. Norman William [Not specified.] Norman requests remedy... dating from [c. 1285] 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 8/274/13697
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1285]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Norman of Dunstable.
- Name(s)
- Norman, William
- Addressees
- [Not specified.]
- Nature of request
- Norman requests remedy concerning the trespass and false imprisonment that he has suffered because a certain man of the town in anger towards him presented him in the view of frankpledge of the prior that he holds in Dunstable claiming that he found £20 on the highroad between London and Barnet, and the prior had him imprisoned for a long time on this so that though finally acquitted he is ruined.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue a writ in Chancery for the king and himself ad Easter in 15 days.2) He should have a writ of imprisonment.
- Places mentioned
- Dunstable, [Bedfordshire]
- Pyneslinol [unidentified]
- London
- Barnet, [Hertfordshire]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- William, Prior of Dunstable
- Thomas de Bathurst, bailiff of the Prior of Dunstable
- Roger Louedon.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/277/13802
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517644/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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