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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Molashe, prior of Christ Church, Canterbury. Molashe William Council. prior...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15863
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/336/15863
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1432]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Molashe, prior of Christ Church, Canterbury.
- Name(s)
- Molashe, William
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- prior of Christ Church, Canterbury
- Nature of request
- The prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, who has been seised of a quay and wharf in the port of Sandwich from time out of mind, requests remedy against the mayor, jurats and community of Sandwich who, at the ringing of the town's common bell at midnight on 3 May last, gathered arrayed for war and broke into his pale and broke his wharf and have continued to menace the petitioner and his monks and servants so that they dare not approach their lands in Sandwich or in the adjoining towns. He asks that the mayor, jurats and community be made to come before the council to be examined in this matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 17 May in the 10th year it was granted by the council that a writ be directed to the constable of Dover castle and the warden of the Cinque Ports to cause the mayor, bailiffs and twelve jurats of Sandwich to come before them at Westminster on the Monday after the Ascension next to answer the King on behalf of the petitioner, so that satisfaction can be made.
- Places mentioned
- Canterbury, [Kent]
- Sandwich, Kent
- Dover, [Kent]
- Cinque Ports
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Mayor, jurats and community of Sandwich
- [Humphrey, duke of Gloucester], constable of Dover castle and warden of the Cinque Ports.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement is dated 17 May 10 Henry VI.
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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/C9736249/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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