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William Norman of Dunstable. Norman William King and council. Norman requests remedy...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15666

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This record is about the William Norman of Dunstable. Norman William King and council. Norman requests remedy... dating from [? 1287] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/331/15666
Date
[? 1287]
Description
Petitioners
William Norman of Dunstable.
Name(s)
Norman, William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Norman requests remedy because he lost his franchise by reason of his false imprisonment by the prior of Dunstable, and states that he is not one of the Earl of Cornwall's men of Berkhamstead as claimed.
Nature of endorsement
[Mainly illegible] In Chancery ... King.
Places mentioned
Dunstable, [Bedfordshire]
Berkhamstead, [Hertfordshire].
People mentioned
[William de Wederhore], prior of Dunstable
[Richard], Earl of Cornwall.
Note
Dated on the guard to? 1287, since this petition seems to have been made after another petition by Norman (SC 8/274/13697).
Related material

For a related petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/274/13697

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Royal Letter 4755.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683077/

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