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Henry Burry; John de Farle (Farlegh). Burry; de Farle (Farlegh) Henry; John King...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/7/333

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Reference
SC 8/7/333
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
Henry Burry; John de Farle (Farlegh).
Name(s)
Burry; de Farle (Farlegh), Henry; John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Henry Burry and John de Farle complain that they were wrongly attached by the sheriff of Wiltshire as adherents of the king's felons, whereas they were never allied to them, nor in circumstances in which they did good or evil. They request that they might be released on mainprise on good security.
Nature of endorsement
They are to be granted mainprise according to the form of the petition if they were attached for that reason and no other.
Places mentioned
Wiltshire.
Note
The petition is dated to 1322 as it is clearly in the aftermath of the failed baronial revolt and on the basis of CCR 1318-1323, pp.598-599 which is dated at Barnard Castle, 1322, October 2.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 509
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.598-599 (order to Robert de Hungerford, keeper of the rebels' lands in Wiltshire, to return John de Farlegh's lands to him, upon his finding mainpernors to have him before the king at the king's will)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.414b, no. 159 (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. 159 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060456/

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