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I: MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2017

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The people: complaint about the great damage and destruction done to them by sheriffs, who oppress people by appointing men to indict those against whom they bear ill will, or whose property they covet, and then extort money by having them imprisoned and put up for mainprise. In particular, the sheriff of Shropshire has made in excess of £200 from the deliverance of prisoners in this way. Request that the king ordain a remedy against such false indictments.

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Research Article
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Royal Historical Society Camden Fifth Series , Volume 52: EARLY COMMON PETITIONS IN THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT, c.1290–c.1420 , July 2017 , pp. 19 - 45
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 2017 

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References

1 Illegible: text supplied from Sayles's edition.

2 Text missing: supplied from context.

3 Conjectural: hole in parchment.

4 One word missing due to hole in parchment.