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Thomas Doily. Doily Thomas Prince and his council. Doily requests that the prince...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1057

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Reference
SC 8/333/E1057
Date
[1375-1376]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Doily.
Name(s)
Doily, Thomas
Addressees
Prince and his council.
Nature of request
Doily requests that the prince and council demand by their letters to have the bodies and chattels of Huntercombe and the others at the castle of Wallingford in salvation of the prince's lordship and liberty. The prince has had jurisdiction in the honour of liberty so that no man indicted of trespass [...] could be taken except by the bailiff of the prince and they were moved to the castle of Wallingford, but recently the sheriff has entered the liberty and taken Huntercombe and the others indicted of felony within the liberty, and has removed them to Oxford gaol.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Wallingford, [Oxfordshire]
Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
People mentioned
[Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales]
Nicholas de Huntercombe
William le Ward
Henry Holt
John Taillour (Tailor).
Note
The petition is dated to 1375-1376 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to the Black Prince and or his council dating to those years.
Related material

For a petition referring to Doily, see SC 8/333/E1061

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/333/E1002

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/C9683180/

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