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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Comelond; Joan Comelond, wife of John Comelond. Comelond; Comelond John; Joan...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/308/15352
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This record is about the John Comelond; Joan Comelond, wife of John Comelond. Comelond; Comelond John; Joan... dating from [c. 1417] 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 8/308/15352
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1417]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Comelond; Joan Comelond, wife of John Comelond.
- Name(s)
- Comelond; Comelond, John; Joan
- Addressees
- Duke of Gloucester, keeper.
- Nature of request
- John and Joan Comelond request remedy against Robert, Alice and Coker who, with 40 others, came with force and arms at Assumption last and expelled them from their lands in Frome Whitfield, Frome Cranchen, Stinsford and Fordington, and that they be ordered to come before the council to answer to the King and the petitioners for their actions.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Dorset
- Normandy, [France]
- Frome Whitfield, Dorset
- Frome Cranchen, Dorset
- Stinsford, Dorset
- Fordington, Dorset.
- People mentioned
- [Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester, keeper
- Thomas Sexpenne, late husband of Joan Comelond
- Henry Sexpenne, son and heir of Thomas Sexpenne
- Nicholas Sexpenne, clerk, brother and heir of Henry Sexpenne
- Robert ...
- Alice, wife of Robert
- John Coker.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1417 since it is addressed to the Duke of Gloucester as keeper and refers to the King's last passage to Normandy.
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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/C9528949/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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