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William, the messenger of the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire. William...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/7/303
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/7/303
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1321-1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William, the messenger of the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
- Name(s)
- William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- messenger of the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire
- Nature of request
- William complains that, when he was appointed by the commission of the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire to commandeer horses and carts in those counties to send to Scotland, on the orders of the present king's father, Piers, prior of Monks Kirkby, John Pardieu of Kirkby, Richard de Pailton, chaplain, William Davy of Kirkby, Piers le Hayward, Adam Inge of Kirkby and Robert son of William Wodeward of Pailton came with force and arms, and on the king's highway called the Fosse, which runs between Warwickshire and Leicestershire, beat him and left him for dead, and took a cart of the prior's which he had seized. He requests justices, namely John Peche, John de Cave and John de Peyto, or two of them, to hear and determine (oyer and terminer) this trespass.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to sue at common law.
- Places mentioned
- Monkeskyrkeby (Monks Kirkby), [Warwickshire]
- Warwickshire
- Leicestershire
- Scotland
- Paylynton (Pailton), [Warwickshire]
- Fosse (Street), [Warwickshire, Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- [Edward I, king of England]
- Piers, prior of Monks Kirkby
- John Pardieu of Kirkby
- Richard de Paylynton (Pailton), chaplain
- William Davy of Kirkby
- Piers le Hayward
- Adam Inge of Kirkby
- Robert son of William Wodeward (Woodward) of Pailton
- John Peche, justice
- John de Cave, justice
- John de Peyto, justice
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Another petition possibly from the same petitioner is SC 8/318/E353
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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 8564
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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.408b, no. 127 (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. 127 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060425/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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