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William, parson of the church of Ludgershall; John de Preston. de Preston William;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/1/19

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This record is about the William, parson of the church of Ludgershall; John de Preston. de Preston William;... dating from [1302] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/1/19
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
William, parson of the church of Ludgershall; John de Preston.
Name(s)
de Preston, William; John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
parson of the church of Ludgershall
Nature of request
Ludgershall and Preston request remedy because William Thochet recovered by a writ of novel disseisin against them and John de Tailly, Ralph le Serjaunt and the others with his damages which were assessed at £60, and that during this time the manor of Lotegarsale was in the king's hands because of the minority of John de Tailly who was in the keeping of the king. The current sheriff of Buckingham has distrained Ludgershall and Preston in the goods of the church and no others for the damages, though 9 or 10 others were named in the writ, and this is to the damage of Ludgershall and Preston.They request that if the £60 should be paid, then it should be apportioned equally amongst those names in the writ.In addition they request that there should be consideration of the fact that the king was seised of the manor on the day the assize was taken and afterwards, and had all the issues of the manor which was to the profit of the king and his ward, and that when this was done [unspecified] it was done for the king and the saving of the wardship so that Ludgershall and Preston request that they should not be harmed for their good deeds.
Nature of endorsement
The record and process should be brought coram rege.
Places mentioned
Lotegarsale (Ludgershall), [Buckinghamshire]
People mentioned
William Thochet (Tuchet)
John de Tailly
Ralph le Serjaunt (Serjeant) de Ludgarshall
Ralph de Olneye (Olney)
Richard de Grenehull (Greenhill)
Ellis Puger
William de Olneye (Olney).
Note
The petition is dated to 1302 on the basis of the date assigned in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.156a-b.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4763
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.156a-b (no.12) (full edition of a later copy of the original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060131/

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