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John de Sutton, parson of Hemsworth. de Sutton John King and council. parson of Hemsworth...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/6/265
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/6/265
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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 de Sutton, parson of Hemsworth.
- Name(s)
- de Sutton, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- parson of Hemsworth
- Nature of request
- John de Sutton complains that the men and horses of Giles de Beauchamp stayed in the manor of his church between the king's last coming to Pontefract until the Monday in Easter week last, with Giles' full knowledge, and took from him four cart-loads of hay, forty quarters of oats and a hundred quarters of rye for their sustenance without making any payment, or any tally to the guardian of the place - so that when they left he has no corn for seed or for sustenance of his people. Of this corn they sold part, carried part off to Pontefract, and did as they pleased with the rest, giving the guardian of the place no say in what was done. He requests payment, according to the proclamations and statutes solemnly published by the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have a writ of trespass against the trespassers.
- Places mentioned
- Hymelesworth (Hemsworth), [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Puntfrait (Pontefract), [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Giles de Beauchamp.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1322 as it is clearly in the aftermath of the failed baronial revolt.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).
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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 7572
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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.401a, no.80 (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.80 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060385/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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