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William de Praers, sheriff of Cheshire. de Praers William King and council. sheriff...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/16/765
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This record is about the William de Praers, sheriff of Cheshire. de Praers William King and council. sheriff... dating from [1332] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/16/765
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Praers, sheriff of Cheshire.
- Name(s)
- de Praers, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- sheriff of Cheshire
- Nature of request
- William de Praers, sheriff of Cheshire, states that when the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (described as the 'Bishop of Chester') brought an assise of novel disseisin against Hamo de Mascy and others in his county, Hamo challenged the whole jury he empanelled, saying that the sheriff was a procuror and maintainer of the bishop's party. Triers were chosen by the court, who said that the sheriff was a well-wisher and helper of the bishop's party, but not a procuror or maintainer: because of which the judges of the court decided that the executions of the writ should be sent to the coroners rather than to the sheriff. He requests that this judgment be corrected and the execution given to him, so that he might be able to hold his bailiwick in its entirety.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the verdict of the triers is contradictory in itself, the Justiciar of Cheshire is to be ordered to institute an inquiry, by twelve worthy men, if the sheriff is a procuror and maintainer of the bishop's party; and if he finds that he is neither, then he is to take back the execution from the coroners and give it back to the sheriff.
- Places mentioned
- Cheshire.
- People mentioned
- [Roger Northburgh] Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
- Hamo de Mascy (Massey).
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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 6425
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.400a (no.122) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060906/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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