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People of Newington and Walworth. King. The people of Newington and Walworth request...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15884

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Reference
SC 8/336/15884
Date
[1422-1471]
Description
Petitioners
People of Newington and Walworth.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The people of Newington and Walworth request that West be ordered not to further trouble Richard, Hosier, Hill, Stanley or any of the other 16 people whom he has had arrested and imprisoned for trespassing on his enclosed land. The enclosed land, in a croft in the parish of St George, Southwark, contains a common pathway and procession-way leading to Canterbury.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Newington, Surrey
Walworth, Surrey
Southwark, [Surrey]
Canterbury, [Kent].
People mentioned
Nicholas Weste (West) of Southwark, grocer
William Richard
John Hosyer (Hosier)
John Hille (Hill)
John Stanley.
Note
The petition dates to the reign of Henry VI.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736272/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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