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John .... John [Lost]. [The plaint is badly damaged and the full sense is not clear].Exchequer...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/334/E1168

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This record is about the John .... John [Lost]. [The plaint is badly damaged and the full sense is not clear].Exchequer... 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/E1168
Date
[c. 1319]
Description
Petitioners
John ....
Name(s)
John
Addressees
[Lost].
Nature of request
[The plaint is badly damaged and the full sense is not clear].Exchequer plaint by which the complainant complains that he was wrongfully imprisoned and that the good people of the city of London came to pledge him, but he could not be delivered until he made a fine with Davy le [...], and therefore he requests remedy.1)
Nature of endorsement
Exchequer.2) In octave of St Michael.3) Chinnock £60 in Somerset.4) Marsworth in Buckinghamshire which is valued at £30 per annum
Places mentioned
London
Chinnock, Somerset
Marsworth, Buckinghamshire.
People mentioned
John Lycher
William de Basing'
Davy le [...].
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).
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/C9683295/

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