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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Simon de Assheley (Ashley). de Assheley (Ashley) Simon Earl of Suffolk, Chancellor...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/300/14952
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This record is about the Simon de Assheley (Ashley). de Assheley (Ashley) Simon Earl of Suffolk, Chancellor... dating from [1385-1386] 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 8/300/14952
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1385-1386]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simon de Assheley (Ashley).
- Name(s)
- de Assheley (Ashley), Simon
- Addressees
- Earl of Suffolk, Chancellor of England.
- Nature of request
- Simon de Assheley states that he is on the point of being ruined by the false suggestion made in Chancery at the suit of one Coterell, the King's serjeant, which is part of a conspiracy between Coterell and John Went of King's Lynn, as Coterell has sent various people to Simon, telling him that if he releases to John all his actions of trespass, Coterell will pardon Simon 100s of the £10 which he expects to recover in Chancery by the suggestion he has made. Simon asks that that he might have common law.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bishop's Lynn (King's Lynn), [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- [Michael de la Pole], Earl of Suffolk, Chancellor of England
- [William] Coterell, King's serjeant
- John Went of King's Lynn.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable with reference to the Earl of Suffolk, Chancellor of England. Michael de la Pole was Chancellor between 13 March 1383 and 23 October 1386, and was created Earl of Suffolk 6 August 1385.CCR 1385-9, p.240 is dated 13 May 1387, and would seem to be from a later stage in this business.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 465.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1921), p.240 (order to release the petitioner from the Fleet prison, as he has contented William Coterell of £10 for goods of an outlaw he received)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518155/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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