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William Ore of Bridport. Ore William Prince. Ore requests that he be granted letters...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E997

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This record is about the William Ore of Bridport. Ore William Prince. Ore requests that he be granted letters... dating from [1375-1376] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/333/E997
Date
[1375-1376]
Description
Petitioners
William Ore of Bridport.
Name(s)
Ore, William
Addressees
Prince.
Nature of request
Ore requests that he be granted letters to the mayor, recorder, aldermen and sheriffs of London to cause him to come before him and deliver him for a certain cause, right and reasonable, as he has been imprisoned in Newgate for more than four and a half years without cause.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Bridport, [Dorset]
Newgate prison, [London]
London.
People mentioned
[Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales]
Note
The petition is dated to 1375-1376 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to the Black Prince or his council dating to those years.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/333/E1005

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683120/

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SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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