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Thomas Sa... Sa... Thomas King and council. [This petition is fragmentary] To our...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/340/16023

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Reference
SC 8/340/16023
Date
[? c. 1309]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Sa...
Name(s)
Sa..., Thomas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[This petition is fragmentary] To our lord the king and to his council Thomas Sa... shows . . . . . . le Botyner were joint Sheriffs of London from the feast of Michaelmas . . . now is . . . until the feast of Michaelmas next/immediately following and . . . to the sheriffs should . . . said Richer took a custom . . . half a year and the other sheriff . . . whole year to the great harm . . .
Nature of endorsement
He is to have a letter under . . . Coroners of London to . . . justice to him, so that no longer [may any complaint about this reach the king].
Places mentioned
London.
People mentioned
[James?] le Botyner, Sheriff of London
Richer . . .
Note
Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand, and the mention of a sheriff called le Botyner, who may be James le Boteler, who together with William de Basing was elected sheriff of London in Michaelmas 1308.
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/C9736504/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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