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Thomas Covele (Cowley), formerly Escheator of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Covele...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/299/14918
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This record is about the Thomas Covele (Cowley), formerly Escheator of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Covele... dating from [c. 1389] 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 8/299/14918
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1389]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Covele (Cowley), formerly Escheator of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
- Name(s)
- Covele (Cowley), Thomas
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- Escheator of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
- Nature of request
- Thomas Covele, formerly escheator of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, requests a writ to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to discharge him of various rents demanded from him in the Exchequer for certain manors forfeited by Robert Bealknap, as it has been found by inquisition that these rents were to be repaid to various people, who have levied them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bourton, Buckingshamshire
- Walton, Buckinghsmashire
- Caldecote, Buckinghamshire
- Bebbegreve (Bedgrove), Buckinghamshire
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
- Nether Holwell, Bedfordshire.
- People mentioned
- John Dautry, clerk
- Robert Bealknap.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Thomas Covele was Escheator of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire between 30 November 1387 and 30 November 1388 (List of Escheators). This petition would seem to date from shortly after the end of his period of office.
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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/C9518121/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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