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Richard, abbot of Beaulieu. Richard King. abbot of Beaulieu [Feckenham] Richard,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15886

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Reference
SC 8/336/15886
Date
[c. 1451]
Description
Petitioners
Richard, abbot of Beaulieu.
Name(s)
Richard
Addressees
King.
Occupation
abbot of Beaulieu
Nature of request
[Feckenham] Richard, abbot of Beaulieu, requests that writs be directed to Reskemer, Arundel and Boskowen to come before the council to be examined and punished. They, with other armed unknowns at their instigation, entered his lands in Tregonon and St Keverne, taking the profits thereof and threatening the residents of the parish.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Beaulieu, Hampshire
Tregonon, Cornwall
St Keverne, Cornwall
Tolverne, [Cornwall].
People mentioned
Ralph Reskemer, squire
John Arundell (Arundel) of Tolverne, squire
John Boskowen.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1451 in which year both Reskemer and Arundel were first granted commissions of the peace in Cornwall (CPR 1446-52, p. 587; CPR 1452-61, p. 663).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. V, 1446-1452, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.587 (Reskemer and Arundell named to commission of the peace for Cornwall)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. VI, 1452-1461, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.663 (Reskemer and Arundell named to commission of the peace for Cornwall)
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