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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Coughwell of Watlington. Coughwell John Council of Henry Prince of Wales. Coughwell...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1102
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This record is about the John Coughwell of Watlington. Coughwell John Council of Henry Prince of Wales. Coughwell... dating from [1401-1402] 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 8/333/E1102
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1401-1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Coughwell of Watlington.
- Name(s)
- Coughwell, John
- Addressees
- Council of Henry Prince of Wales.
- Nature of request
- Coughwell requests that he be suffered to sue by writ in the prince's name against Sadler and other malefactors who entered the prince's liberty of Wallingford and took the petitioner and imprisoned him in Oxford castle at the suit of Mede without the king's command and without any default being made by the prince's bailiff. He will do this at his own cost to make them answer and make satisfaction for the trespass, thus that no fine is made with the malefactors without making satisfaction to the petitioner for the costs of his suit.
- Nature of endorsement
- This bill is granted by the advice by council of law that he pursue in the manner comprised.
- Places mentioned
- Watlington, [Oxfordshire]
- Wallingford honour
- Oxford, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry [of Monmouth], Prince of Wales
- William Sadler
- John Knyght (Knight)
- William Andelle
- Roger Bailly (Bailey)
- Thomas Falkeler
- John Tewekesbery (Tewkesbury)
- Stephen Jankynson (Jenkinson)
- William Mede.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1401-1402 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to Henry Monmouth, Prince of Wales and or his council dating to those years.
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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/C9683226/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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