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John de Stodelegh (Studley). de Stodelegh (Studley) John King and council. Stodelegh...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/14/673

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Reference
SC 8/14/673
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
John de Stodelegh (Studley).
Name(s)
de Stodelegh (Studley), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Stodelegh shows that Weston has wrongfully distrained him as he alleges that Stodelegh holds his land in Studley in chief of the earl, though he doesn't; he drove him to do homage to the earl, to answer in the court of the earl, and following the earl of Lancaster's fall, indicted him for taking the earl's goods, and breaking his parks. Stodelegh requests remedy.
Nature of endorsement
He should sue at the common law against the bailiff.
Places mentioned
Studley, [Wiltshire]
Compton, [Wiltshire]
[Wiltshire].
People mentioned
Geoffrey de Weston, bailiff of Hugh le Despenser, earl of Winchester
Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester
[Thomas of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7312
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.380a (no.11) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060814/

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