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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Cosyn (Cousin) of Beechamwell. Cosyn (Cousin) Robert King and the lords of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/338/E1200
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This record is about the Robert Cosyn (Cousin) of Beechamwell. Cosyn (Cousin) Robert King and the lords of... dating from [? c. 1504] 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 8/338/E1200
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1504]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Cosyn (Cousin) of Beechamwell.
- Name(s)
- Cosyn (Cousin), Robert
- Addressees
- King and the lords of his honourable council.
- Nature of request
- Cosyn complains that Gregory Lovell with the servants of Ralph and Thomas Lovell numbering 24 or more, armed, came to his house and by force and arms broke it and took his livestock, goods and chattels, and broke a chest and took the evidences of the petitioner, despite his wife's protests, they saying that they had the power of the escheator and that the petitioner was indicted of felony. He requests that this be considered and that as the petitioner is of no power to sue by law, that Gregory and Thomas Lovell will answer to these premises, they being before the lords and council to answer to other matters.
- Nature of endorsement
- ... Robert Cosyn against Gregory Lovell and others.
- Places mentioned
- Beechamwell, Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Gregory Lovell
- Ralph Lovell
- Thomas Lovell.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1504 as the petition refers to the nineteenth regnal year, and the hand seems to fit a document of the early sixteenth century. In addition, Lovells of the names found in the petition were active throughout the patent rolls of this time.
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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)
- English
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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/C9683328/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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