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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard atte Wode (Wood, Attwood) of Devon and Lettice Bylk (Bilk) of Havering atte...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/298/14865
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This record is about the Richard atte Wode (Wood, Attwood) of Devon and Lettice Bylk (Bilk) of Havering atte... dating from [1342-1343] 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 8/298/14865
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1342-1343]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard atte Wode (Wood, Attwood) of Devon and Lettice Bylk (Bilk) of Havering atte Bower.
- Name(s)
- atte Wode (Wood, Attwood); Bylk (Bilk), Richard; Lettice
- Addressees
- Robert de Sadynton (Sadington), Chancellor of England.
- Nature of request
- Richard atte Wode and Lettice Bylk, who are wrongly imprisoned in Newgate at the suit of Margery de Beverlyze, falsely procured by John de Radyngg, for the death of her husband in Beverley, request a writ to the justices of Newgate to have them come before them and to deliver them according to the law of the land.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Devon
- Havering atte Bower, [Essex]
- Newgate prison, [London]
- Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Robert de Sadynton (Sadington), Chancellor of England
- Margery de Beverlye (Beverley)
- John de Radyngg (Redyngg) of Essex.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1342-1343 by SC 8/298/14867, which is dated 17 November 1342, and by no.15253 of C 81/288, which is dated 14 March 17 Edward III (1343).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For instructions to the Chancellor to provide a remedy for two petitions from Richard atte Wode and Lettice Bylk, see no.15253 of C 81/288
For a related letter, see SC 8/298/14867
For a related petition, see SC 8/298/14866
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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/C9518068/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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