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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Sarah Roche, widow of John Roche of Trovyan in Cornwall. Roche Sarah King. [This...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/340/16002
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This record is about the Sarah Roche, widow of John Roche of Trovyan in Cornwall. Roche Sarah King. [This... dating from [? c. 1413] 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 8/340/16002
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1413]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Sarah Roche, widow of John Roche of Trovyan in Cornwall.
- Name(s)
- Roche, Sarah
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged] Sarah Roche, widow of . . . Roche of Trovyan in Cornwall, states that in March . . . [her husband] was ill in bed and she was looking after him, Roland Roche, son of the said John, came, by the maintenance of John, and . . . her husband out of their house. And then one Michael Cohin, servant of the said Roland, came . . . broke the arms, legs, and robbed the said Rose, and left her for dead, so that since then she has not been able to . . . goods and chattels of the said John Roche and Sarah, and still hold them, wrongly. And Roland still holds the said Sarah, wrongly . . . to a total value of £20 annually. And the said Sarah is so greatly threatened with death by the said Roland that . . . her dower or the aforesaid goods and chattels without your gracious aid. May it please your most high royal lordship to order your . . . to for your aforesaid poor widow Sarah a due remedy for her aforesaid great grievance and damage, for God and as [a work of charity].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Trovyan [unidentified], Cornwall.
- People mentioned
- [John] Roche of Trovyan in Cornwall
- John [Roche]
- Roland Roche, son of John [Roche]
- Michael Cohin, servant of Roland Roche
- Rose . . .
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Roland Roche of Cornwall is mentioned on p.146 of CPR 1413-16 (dated December 18, 1413), which, together with the hand, gives a rough date for the petition.
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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/C9736483/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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