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Henry de Walpole, assessor of the tenth and sixth in Norfolk; Companions of Henry...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/346/E1392

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Reference
SC 8/346/E1392
Date
[c. 1324]
Description
Petitioners
Henry de Walpole, assessor of the tenth and sixth in Norfolk; Companions of Henry de Walpole, assessors of tenths and sixths in Norfolk.
Name(s)
de Walpole, Henry
Addressees
Chancellor.
Occupation
assessor of the tenth and sixth in Norfolk
Nature of request
Walpole and his companions complain of the errors in the process and judgment rendered on them by Thorpe and Hedersete, justices lately assigned to enquire of them (the errors being fully detailed), and request remedy, and that a writ be ordered to the justices that they make the process and record come concerning the petitioners and their clerks before the king, or that the errors are able to be addressed according to the law and of their behaviour towards the king, and that they are finally able to answer
Nature of endorsement
Let it be sent to Godfrey de Rudham.
Places mentioned
Norfolk.
People mentioned
John de Thorp (Thorpe), late justice assigned to enquire upon the petitioners
Simon de Hedersete, late justice assigned to enquire upon the petitioners
Geoffrey de Massingham, clerk of the petitioners
Godfrey de Rudham.
Related material

For another petition that was probably part of an original file with this petition, see SC 8/346/E1397

For a letter that was probably part of an original file with this petition, see SC 8/346/E1398

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.225 (commission to Walpole and others to collect the tenth and sixth in Norfolk)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736816/

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