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William Pette the elder and John Pigeonye of Luddesdown, carpenters. Pette; Pigeonye...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/337/15902

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Reference
SC 8/337/15902
Date
[c. 1450-c. 1500]
Description
Petitioners
William Pette the elder and John Pigeonye of Luddesdown, carpenters.
Name(s)
Pette; Pigeonye, William; John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
carpenters
Nature of request
The petitioners request remedy against Loumer, who has wrongly sued them for unpaid rents, and for which they have been outlawed in the court of Husting and threatened with arrest. Loumer held the lordship of Luddesdown ten years previously, and claimed that they had not paid their rents, but this was not true, and he has since pursued them, wrongly forcing them to pay fines.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] Pledges to prosecute: John Wayner of London, smith, William Knele of London, brewer.[on dorse] Before the king and his council at the quindene of Easter next.
Places mentioned
Luddesdown, Kent
London.
People mentioned
Alan Loumer of London, grocer
sheriff of Kent
John Wayner of London, smith
William Knele of London, brewer.
Note
Dated by the handwriting to the second half of the fifteenth century.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529654/

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