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John Cheyne, knight. Cheyne John King and lords of parliament. John Cheyne makes...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/340/16010

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This record is about the John Cheyne, knight. Cheyne John King and lords of parliament. John Cheyne makes... dating from [? c. 1375-? c. 1400] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/340/16010
Date
[? c. 1375-? c. 1400]
Description
Petitioners
John Cheyne, knight.
Name(s)
Cheyne, John
Addressees
King and lords of parliament.
Nature of request
John Cheyne makes complaints apparently including a dispute over a villein called John Pemlak and an attack on his house, and complaining of the lack of justice shown to him by the Lord of Warwick and Nicholas . . ., his steward.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Elmley, [Worcestershire].
People mentioned
Edmund Hamond
Walter Dowery
Lord of Warwick
Nicholas . . ., steward of the lord of Warwick
John Pemlak, villein of John Cheyne.
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/C9736491/

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