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John Olyver (Oliver). Olyver (Oliver) John Chancellor. Olyver requests that he be...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/301/15009

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Reference
SC 8/301/15009
Date
[1402]
Description
Petitioners
John Olyver (Oliver).
Name(s)
Olyver (Oliver), John
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
Olyver requests that he be granted letters patent of the king for him and his wife . . . as he was bound in a debt for wine to a merchant of Bordeaux for . . . and was arrested and condemned for the debt and afterwards his house, goods, . . . and one of his children were burnt in a small vill called Beare near Exeter . . . and he has nothing by which to pay.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Canterbury, [Kent]
Beare, Devon
Exeter, [Devon].
People mentioned
John Red. . .
Clarice Olyver (Oliver), wife of the petitioner.
Note
The petition dates to 1402 as other petitions originally from Chancery Files 484 date to this year.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 484.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518213/

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