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Gilbert atte Con.... Con... Gilbert [Lost] [The plaint is badly damaged along its...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/334/E1160

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This record is about the Gilbert atte Con.... Con... Gilbert [Lost] [The plaint is badly damaged along its... dating from [c. 1319] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/334/E1160
Date
[c. 1319]
Description
Petitioners
Gilbert atte Con....
Name(s)
Con..., Gilbert
Addressees
[Lost]
Nature of request
[The plaint is badly damaged along its left-hand side].Exchequer plaint by which the complainant requests [remedy] as he was taken from his house in Bread Street and put in Newgate gaol by Palmer and kept there several weeks and he could not have delivery until he made a fine with him in 40s. [...] to the petitioner's great damage.
Nature of endorsement
[On face].By W. de Norwich.[On dorse].1) Exchequer.2) Thursday next before the feast of St Margaret.
Places mentioned
Newgate prison, [London].
People mentioned
Roger le Paimier (Palmer), sheriff of London
[William] de Norwyco (Norwich).
Note
The plaint is dated to c. 1319 as it appears that this plaint was part of a file (SC 8/334/E1154-E1183B) that seems to date to the York parliament held in 1319 (cf. SC 8/334/E1183B). The plaint refers to Palmer who was sheriff from Michaelmas 1309 to Michaelmas 1310 (List of Sheriffs, p. 201).
Related material

This plaint is part of a former file consisting of SC 8/334/E1154-SC 8/334/E1183B and see SC 8/334/E1183B

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/C9683287/

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