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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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Thomas, grocer of the bishop of Worcester. Thomas King and council. grocer The petitioner...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/328/E892
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This record is about the Thomas, grocer of the bishop of Worcester. Thomas King and council. grocer The petitioner... dating from [c. 1290-c. 1307] 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 8/328/E892
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290-c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas, grocer of the bishop of Worcester.
- Name(s)
- Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- grocer
- Nature of request
- The petitioner requests remedy as he made a recognizance in £40 before the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer with Rudham, and he gave Rudham, in allowance of this debt, his church of Whichford which is worth 50 marks annually. Rudham took the fruits of the church for a year and a half but will not acquit the petitioner of this, and he sues the entire recognizance against him and has made to levy the sum of £14 from his goods and chattels.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should obtain justice for himself by the common law if he wishes, and if he is not able to have [the sense of the remainder of the response is unclear].
- Places mentioned
- Whichford, Warwickshire.
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Worcester
- Walter de Rudham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1290-c. 1307 based upon the hand.
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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/C9682887/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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