Richard de la Ryvere. Ryvere Richard King and council. Richard de la Ryvere makes...

Petitioners

Richard de la Ryvere.

Name(s)

Ryvere, Richard

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Richard de la Ryvere makes two complaints against William Aeilmer:1) By means of an oyer et terminer he has made Richard and his people pay a redemption for 8 s. worth of goods which they had bought, and has taken £43 from them: for which he requests a remedy.2) When an inheritance in Iron Acton descended to six daughters and Richard had bought out five of them, William Aeilmer bought the sixth part of the inheritance, for the use of Hugh le Despenser the son, and expelled Richard completely from the lands, wrongly and without judgment: for which he requests justice.

Nature of endorsement

With regard to the first petition, he is to sue at common law.With regard to the remaining petition, he is to declare who the tenant is.

Places mentioned

Dodington, [Gloucestershire]

Iron Acton, [Gloucestershire]

Wiltshire.

People mentioned

William Aeilmer (Aylmer), parson of the church of Dodington

Hugh le Despenser the son.

For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter see SC 8/70/3478

• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.80 (commission of oyer and terminer on complaint by petitioner that William Aylmer and others carried off his goods)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.410b (no.180) (full edition of original petition)