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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Parles. Parles John King and council. John Parles states that although his father,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/6/256
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/6/256
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Parles.
- Name(s)
- Parles, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John Parles states that although his father, Alan Parles, was enfeoffed with the manor of Torrisholme, with its appurtenances, for himself and his heirs engendered of his body, and although he, John, is such an heir, Robert de Holand, on the Wednesday following the feast of St Lucy in the fifteenth year of the present king, made Alan Parles enfeoff him with the manor. This enfeoffment is defeasible in law, and, because of Robert de Holand's misdeeds, the manor is in the king's hand: therefore he requests a writ from the king to the guardians of the said county to enquire into the truth of what he says. He further states that he has been with Andrew de Harcla for three years, and in all his feats of arms in England and Scotland - as he himself can attest.
- Nature of endorsement
- Robert is in prison, and so he should wait for his release etc.
- Places mentioned
- Torissholm (Torrisholme), Lancashire.
- People mentioned
- Alan Parles, father of petitioner
- Robert de Holand
- Andrew de Harcla (Harclay).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1322 because it refers to the imprisonment of Robert de Holand, one of those rebels taken in the lead up to the battle of Boroughbridge and its aftermath.One of a collection of petitions published on pages 387ff of Rot. Parl., vol I., which all seem to date from around 1322. This dating is confirmed by PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 387-415, which dates these petitions to 15 or 16 Edward II (1321-1323). The feast of St Lucy, 15 Edward II would fall in December 1321, which would further confirm this dating.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 6802
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.400a, no.74 (full edition of original petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl. vol. I, pp.387-415, no.74 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060376/
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