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John Metible, customs officer of Th.... Metible John [Missing] customs officer of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/339/15981

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This record is about the John Metible, customs officer of Th.... Metible John [Missing] customs officer of... dating from [? c. 1315-? c. 1335] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/339/15981
Date
[? c. 1315-? c. 1335]
Description
Petitioners
John Metible, customs officer of Th....
Name(s)
Metible, John
Addressees
[Missing]
Occupation
customs officer of Th...
Nature of request
[This petition is damaged] John Metible, petitioning on behalf of himself and the other customs officers of Th[...] states that the farmers of the vill, John son of . . . de Weleby and Henry de Harwedon have put them out of their usages, so that they have been reduced to beggary, and asks that [Robert] de Harewedon and Hugh Wake might be appointed to inquire into the outrages and wrongs done to them; and he asks that they might be returned to their former estate.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] A writ is to be granted to Robert de Harewedon and to Hugh Wake, to hear and determine all the outrages and wrongs that they have done to us, beyond the usages of the said town.[None on dorse]
People mentioned
John, son of [...]
[...] Weleby
Henry de Harwedon
Hugh Wake
Robert de Harewedon.
Note
Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and the language.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736462/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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