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Richard de Berners. de Berners Richard King and council. Richard de Berners states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/8/375
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/8/375
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Berners.
- Name(s)
- de Berners, Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Richard de Berners states that he arraigned an assize of novel disseisin before Henry Lespigurnel and his companions, against John, son of Edmund de Berners, Master John Walewayn and others named in the original writ, concerning his free tenement in West Horsley, Send, Wisley, Ockley, Ockham, Effingham and Chiddingfold, and the parties were adjourned to the Bench, before William de Bereford and his companions; but judgement in this case has been delayed, and is still delayed. He requests that the king order the justices to proceed to judgement, and, if there is some difficulty in the case, that the record and process may be brought into parliament now, and judgement rendered there.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have a writ of Chancery to the justices of the Bench that, because there has been a great delay in rendering justice, they should proceed to judgement according to the law.
- Places mentioned
- West Horsley, [Surrey]
- Send, [Surrey]
- Wisley, [Surrey]
- Ockley, [Surrey]
- Ockham, [Surrey]
- Effingham, [Surrey]
- Chiddingfold, [Surrey].
- People mentioned
- Henry Lespigurnel (Spigurnel), justice
- John [de Berners] son of Edmund de Berners
- Master John Walewayn
- William de Bereford, justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Date given on the evidence of Rot. Parl. JRS Phillips (PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337) says that these petitions probably all do belong to 18 Edward II, although there is no indication that they were presented either at the non-parliamentary assembly of October 1324 or the parliament of June 1325. In this case, however, as parliament is specifically mentioned, this petition probably dates from June 1325.CPR 1317-1321 p.607 is dated at Westminster, 16 May 1321. This seems to be the association of two justices (one of whom is William de Bereford) in an assize, rather than an adjournment to either bench, so probably precedes the adjournment. The Bench in this case appears to be the Common Bench, as William de Bereford sat on that bench until 1324(Selden Society vol. 55, Select Cases in the Court of King's Bench: Edward I, vol. I, p.cxli).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier related petition see SC 8/8/376
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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 645
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.607 (association of William de Bereford and William de Herle with other justices trying this case: possibly a response to an earlier petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.425a, no.33 (full edition of a later copy of the 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. 416-429, no. 33 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060499/
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