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James Clifford. Clifford James [King] [This petition is fragmentary] . . . humbly...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/340/16003

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This record is about the James Clifford. Clifford James [King] [This petition is fragmentary] . . . humbly... dating from [? c. 1370-? c. 1400] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/340/16003
Date
[? c. 1370-? c. 1400]
Description
Petitioners
James Clifford.
Name(s)
Clifford, James
Addressees
[King]
Nature of request
[This petition is fragmentary] . . . humbly James Clifford that whereas a John Wotton and six people with him of his . . . county of Gloucester for arrears of rent, and carried off the said animals with them, there came . . . by the high road between Colesbourne and Elkstone in the same county . . . James as a work of charity to ride after the said John Wotton and his . . . which James having great compassion for the said woman, for the great grief and misfortune . . . seeing that someone came riding after them, bent their bows and . . . people say, the which John Wotton, seeing that he had done wrong, . . . that is to say William Wotton and Thomas Wotton, and took them . . . James demanded of the said William Wotton and Thomas Wotton . . . one Thomas Brugge of Undrehull, steward of Chichester Abbey . . . will answer to all points. And after that time, that is to say the Wednesday . . . [justices] of the peace assigned in the same county were sitting in their [sessions] . . . of the said John Wotton, and also the said John Wotton and John Bru . . . faction and adherence, arrayed in manner of war of which . . . James and drew their swords and daggers to kill him . . . assault on one Richard Warde, one of the servants of the said James . . . of his suffering and does not dare to remain, nor to come back to his lodging, for the . . . May it please your most gracious lordship to grant that the said malefactors . . . as seems best to you by your wise discretion, so that . . . doing, and this for the ease and quiet of the lieges of our lord the . . .
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Collysburn (Colesbourne), Gloucestershire
Elkston (Elkstone), Gloucestershire
Undrehull [unidentified]
Chichester, [Sussex].
People mentioned
John Wotton
William Wotton
Thomas Wotton
Thomas Brugge (Bridge) of Underhill, steward of Chichester Abbey
John Bru . . ..
Note
Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand.
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/C9736484/

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