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Piers de Pontone (Ponton). de Pontone (Ponton) Piers King. Piers de Pontone states...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/10/494

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Reference
SC 8/10/494
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Piers de Pontone (Ponton).
Name(s)
de Pontone (Ponton), Piers
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Piers de Pontone states that he has long been in prison at Lewes, by the procurement of his enemy, William de Borgerssh, for trepass of venison in Earl Warenne's chace, of which he is not guilty: he requests to be put on the country on this matter, or to be released on sufficient mainprise until the next parliament, so that the king can then ordain as he wishes concerning him.
Nature of endorsement
He is to find mainprise in Chancery according to the form of this petition, until the next parliament.
Places mentioned
Lewes, [Sussex].
People mentioned
William de Borgerssh (Burghersh)
[John de Warenne], earl Warenne (earl of Surrey).
Note
CCR 1302-1307, p.299 is dated at Westminster, 23 October 1305.
Related material

For transcript, see p.116 of PRO 31/7/93

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6773
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.299 (instructions to constable of Lewes to release the petitioner on mainprise until the next parliament)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.479b, no.112 (full edition of original document)
  • 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), 1305, autumn parliament, appendix, evidence of business done at this parliament from chancery enrolments and elsewhere, no.12 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060620/

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