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? No Petitioner named Letter from William Haward, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, to the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/299/14904

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Reference
SC 8/299/14904
Date
[1328]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter from William Haward, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, to the Mayor of Cambridge, reciting a letter he has received from the keepers of the peace in Cambridgeshire asking him to arrest several people, indicted for a robbery committed against Richard de Welleford, merchant of London, and to hold them in the King's prison until they are delivered according to the law and custom of the realm, and asking the Mayor to put this into execution.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire]
Barnwell, [Cambridgeshire]
Clopton, [Cambridgeshire]
Everton, [Bedfordshire]
Hardwick, [Cambridgeshire]
London.
People mentioned
William Haward (Houward), Sheriff of Cambridgeshire
[Eudo de Helpringham], Mayor of Cambridge
John de Chishille (Chishull), keeper of the peace in Cambridgeshire
John de Saleston (Sawston), keeper of the peace in Cambridgeshire
Ralph le Thresschere (Thresher), living in Barnwell
Hugh Box, clerk
William Kokerel (Cockerel) of Clopton
Hugh Grigg, carter of Richard de Welleford
Richard de Welleford (Welford), merchant of London
Richard Bryan of Everton
Simon de Mepeshale
William [in le Horne de Herdwyk (in the Horn of Hardwick)] son of Robert in le Horne de Herdwyk
Robert in le Horne de Herdwyk (in the Horn of Hardwick).
Note
William Houward was Sheriff between 11 August and 22 September 1328 (List of Sheriffs), which would fit with the dating of the related documents. The quoted letter is dated on the Tuesday before the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 2 Edward III (6 September 1328), which is entirely compatible with these dates.
Related material

For a related inquisition, see SC 8/299/14907

For a related petition, see SC 8/299/14908

For a related writ see SC 8/299/14901

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518107/

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