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John Short

· active 1365-11-07 – 1400-01-26 · Short family →

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Short, John coroner for Cumberland pp. 143
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  1. 1365-11-07 date: inferred auto-linked

    To the sheriff of Cumberland. Order to cause a coroner to be elected of John Short who is insufficiently qualified as the king has To the mayor of the city of London. Order speedily to search out, and assay all wines of …

  2. 1376-10-10 date: inferred auto-linked

    Pardon in like terms to the following : Isabel late the wife of William de Weston of Huphavene, the elder (senioris), of her waiver for non-appearance to answer William de Weston of Huphavene touching a plea of trespass …

  3. 1400-01-26 date: inferred auto-linked

    Order to the escheator in the county of Somerset to cause Short, brother and heir of John Short, to have full seisin all the lands which his said brother held of Richard II in chief was seised of in his demesne as of fee…

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