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Thomas Dody of Coventry. Dody Thomas Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor. Dody requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/301/15043

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This record is about the Thomas Dody of Coventry. Dody Thomas Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor. Dody requests... dating from [1416] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/301/15043
Date
[1416]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Dody of Coventry.
Name(s)
Dody, Thomas
Addressees
Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor.
Nature of request
Dody requests that he be granted protection for a year so that he can collects alms as he stood as pledge for certain people to their creditors and now he is condemned by the king's court in Coventry and cannot pay as he is so impoverished and he and his wife have nothing to sustain them but alms.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Coventry, [Warwickshire].
People mentioned
[Henry Beaufort], Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor
Note
The petition dates to 1416 as other petitions originally from Chancery Files 548 date to this year.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 548.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518247/

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