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Rowland Hunter. Hunter Rowland King. Hunter requests that Bowring be ordered by writ...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15897

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This record is about the Rowland Hunter. Hunter Rowland King. Hunter requests that Bowring be ordered by writ... dating from [c. 1482] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/336/15897
Date
[c. 1482]
Description
Petitioners
Rowland Hunter.
Name(s)
Hunter, Rowland
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Hunter requests that Bowring be ordered by writ to come before the council to answer for his actions. He asked Hunter to meet with him in Devon where he had him imprisoned for no reason.
Nature of endorsement
Before the King and his council on the quinzaine of Easter next.
Places mentioned
Devon
Exeter, [Devon].
People mentioned
Thomas Bowreng (Bowring), justice of the peace in Devon.
Note
The petition dates to 1482 or later, in which year Bowring first because a justice of the peace for Devon (CPR 1476-85, p. 558).
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, Edw IV, Edw V and Ric III, 1476-1485, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.558 (commissions of the peace to Bowring dating 1482-4)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736285/

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