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John Elmede of Devon. Elmede John Chancellor. Elmede requests a commission to arrest...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/332/15799
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This record is about the John Elmede of Devon. Elmede John Chancellor. Elmede requests a commission to arrest... dating from [c. 1390] 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 8/332/15799
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1390]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Elmede of Devon.
- Name(s)
- Elmede, John
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Elmede requests a commission to arrest Hunt, Varell, Peysour and Cokeworthy who, with Lucy, claimed to have the King's commission to enter his lands at Holcombe, Cornworthy, Treworgy, Ladock and Treenthast, to arrest Elmede and his servants and to behead them, and who came with 120 men at arms and archers and entered the said lands, destroying them, and beating the tenants. Elmede was delivered the manor of Holcombe and land in Cornworthy by the sheriff of Devon, and the manors of Treworgy, Ladock and Treenthast by the sheriff of Cornwall to hold until Lucy and John Kendale pay him the £120 which they owe him, with costs and expenses.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Devon
- Exeter, [Devon]
- Cornwall
- Holcombe, Ottery St Mary, [Devon]
- Cornworthy, [Devon]
- Treworgy, [Cornwall]
- Ladock, [Cornwall]
- Treenthast [unidentified], [Cornwall]
- Lostwithiel, [Cornwall]
- Launceston, [Cornwall].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Arundel, archbishop of York], chancellor
- Lucy [Kendale], widow of Richard Kendale, wife of William Hunt
- Richard Kendale
- John Kendale, son of Richard Kendale
- William Hunt
- Nicholas Varell, serjeant at arms
- Roger Peysour of Lostwithiel
- John Cokeworthy of Launceston
- William Savage, servant of the petitioner
- John Kendale, servant of the petitioner
- Walter Willicokkes, tenant of the petitioner
- Roger Pyperell, tenant of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1390 or later since it refers to events of Michaelmas in this year.
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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/C9736396/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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