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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Tenants of the hundred of Godley. King. [Right side missing] The tenants of the hundred...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/335/15844
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This record is about the Tenants of the hundred of Godley. King. [Right side missing] The tenants of the hundred... dating from [1407] 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 8/335/15844
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1407]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants of the hundred of Godley.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Right side missing] The tenants of the hundred of Godley request that Sawyer and Cachet be released from obligations for 60s made under duress. Wintershill, when sheriff, caused various tenants to be bound to him in various sums but these obligations were pardoned at the Parliament at Westminster in the King's 6th year, since they were made under duress. Despite these pardons, Wimbledon entered the hundred and demanded the money of Sawyer and Cachet.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Godley hundred, [Surrey]
- Surrey
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- John Wintreshyll (Wintershill), late sheriff of Surrey
- Thomas Sakevill, late sheriff of Surrey
- Ralph Wymbeldon (Wimbledon), under-sheriff of Surrey
- John Saweare (Sawyer), tenant of Godley hundred
- Alan Cachet, tenant of Godley hundred.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1407, since it refers to Thomas Sakevill as the late sheriff of Surrey and to Wimbledon as the under-sheriff. The Parliament held at Westminster in 6 Henry IV was held in Coventry, not Westminster.
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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/C9736228/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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