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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Hill of Cornwall. Hill John [Damaged]. [Left half of petition missing] Hill...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/307/15333
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This record is about the John Hill of Cornwall. Hill John [Damaged]. [Left half of petition missing] Hill... dating from [1390-1397] 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 8/307/15333
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1390-1397]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Hill of Cornwall.
- Name(s)
- Hill, John
- Addressees
- [Damaged].
- Nature of request
- [Left half of petition missing] Hill requests that whereas Richard and John Treveyngnon, Respreve, Brothyn and Bille on 29 June last came ... and entered the manor of Fursdon, breaking the doors and windows, intending to kill the petitioner, and although his wife tried to defend him, they broke into his chamber, beat him and left him for dead, caused his wife to miscarry, stole gold, silver, charters and muniments and often lay in wait to kill the petitioner among other things, that the Duke of Gloucester and other lords of this Parliament [order] the said men to appear before them in this Parliament or in the King's council to find sufficient surety of peace towards the petitioner.
- Nature of endorsement
- Writs should be directed to the defendants named in the petition to appear before the chancellor in Chancery to answer to the matters contained within and to find surety of peace, considering that two of the defendants are justices of the peace in Cornwall.
- Places mentioned
- Cornwall
- Fursdon, [Cornwall].
- People mentioned
- Richard Treveyngnon of Cornwall, esquire
- Richard Respreve of Cornwall, esquire
- John Treveyngnon of Cornwall, esquire
- John Brothyn of Cornwall, esquire
- John Bille of Cornwall, esquire
- Margaret [Hill], wife of the petitioner
- [Thomas of Woodstock], Duke of Gloucester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must date to 1390-97 since it was in the Parliaments held during these years that the Duke of Gloucester was named as a trier of petitions from England.
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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/C9518388/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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