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Ralph Trowale, smith. Trowale Ralph King and council. [Petition in two parts. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/346/E1410
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/346/E1410
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1382]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Ralph Trowale, smith.
- Name(s)
- Trowale, Ralph
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in two parts. The petition is badly damaged, and is missing substantial portions form the middle of each part, and is otherwise faded].1) Trowele complains for the profit for the king and for his own right concerning the great extortions and oppressions committed in Cornwall by the Trevaynons and other malefactors of their retinue [..] they came with force and arms against the peace and in malice [...] to kill the petitioner [...] for fear of death, whereupon the malefactors wrongfully took out of the land and pasture [of the petitioner] [...] and beat and wounded the petitioner and took and still detain his horse.2) Afterwards, at the pursuit of the petitioner, the malefactors were forced to find surety to keep the peace to the petitioner and the king's lieges, but notwithstanding this the Trevaynons, Andy and many others of their affiliation by the procurement of Philip by force and arms, came upon the petitioner and beat him nearly to death, and afterwards burnt his house. Trowale has no means to pursue them at the common law, and he requests remedy and execution [...].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Cornwall.
- People mentioned
- Robert Trevaynon
- Richard Trevaynon
- Thomas Trevaynon
- Philip [...]
- [...] [...]achard
- Thomas
- Philip.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1382 on the basis of the guard note, though the full justification of this is not clear. The hand appears appropriate for a petition of this date.
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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/C9736834/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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