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Alice de Nevill (Neville). de Nevill (Neville) Alice King and council in parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/18/889
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/18/889
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice de Nevill (Neville).
- Name(s)
- de Nevill (Neville), Alice
- Addressees
- King and council in parliament.
- Nature of request
- Alice de Nevill states that John Brewes and other malefactors broke into her lodging in London and forcibly abducted Margery, daughter of John de Nerford her son, whom they found there, and took her to the Bishop of Norwich's lodging, where Robert Howard received and hid her, with the intention of resisting an appeal pending in the papal court, in Margery's suit to annul her contract of marriage with John Brewes. Robert Howard was sent to the Tower of London, to remain there until Margery was brought before the council. However, he was later released by decision of the Council, provided that he made every effort to bring Margery before the Council in London at the quinzaine of Michaelmas last, or to the countess of Bedford if the Council should be elsewhere, or to surrender himself to the Tower at that date, on pain of paying £1000 to the king. He pledged himself to do this, but has not done so; she requests that he be again sent to the Tower, and the £1000 paid to the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- The answer to this appears in the roll of this parliament.
- Places mentioned
- London
- River Thames
- Chelchehith (Chelsea), [Middlesex].
- People mentioned
- John Brewes
- Margery [de Nerford]
- John de Nerford
- [Henry Dispenser], Bishop of Norwich
- Robert Howard
- [Isabella de Coucy] Countess of Bedford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament held at Gloucester, on the Wednesday following the feast of St Luke, 2 Richard II (1378) (Rot. Parl. vol. III, p.39a-40a). CCR 1377-81 p.204 (the oath of Robert Howard to bring Margery de Nerford before the Council, as mentioned in the petition) is dated at Westminster, 30 July 1378.The order to release Robert Howard, CCR 1377-81 p.149, is dated at Westminster, 2 August 1378) and the later order to release him on mainprise (p. 220) is dated at Westminster, 11 December 1378. The memorandum stating that this was because Margery de Nerford was brought before the council on 10 December, and delivered to Alice de Nevill her grandmother (pp.222-3) is dated at Westminster, 13 December 1378; it mentions that Robert Howard was subsequently released on mainprise on 11 December. The further mainprise for Robert Howard (pp.227-8) is dated at Westminster, 4 February 1379.Both entries on CPR 1377-81 p.299 ordering that Margery de Nerford be before the council and Robert Howard and others arrested, are dated at Westminster 26 June 1378); the orders for further arrests (pp.301, 303) are dated at Westminster on 8, 22, and 28 July 1378. The appointment of Robert Howard and others to bring Margery Nerford before the king and council (p. 307) is dated at Westminster 2 October 1378, and the further appointments on pp.309, 311 are dated at Westminster 27 November 1378, and Gloucester, 10 November 1378. The protection granted to Margery (p. 260) is dated at Westminster 26 June 1378 and the further protections on pp.374, 530 are dated at Westminster 17 July 1379, and Westminster 18 July 1380.
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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 6059
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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 Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.204 (oath of Robert Howard to bring Margery de Nerford before the Council) & p.149 & p.220 (two orders to release Howard) & pp.222-3 (memorandum that Margery has been brought before the council) & pp.227-8 (further mainprise for Howard)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.260 (protection for Margery) & p.299 (orders to bring her before the council and to arrest Howard and others) & p.301 & p.303 (orders for further arrests) & p.307 (appointment of Robert Howard and others to bring Margery before the king and council) & p.309 & p.311 (further appointments to bring her and to make arrests) & p.374 (protection for Margery during divorce proceedings) & p.530 (further protection)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.39a-40a (transcription of petition on parliament roll, with judicial process following from petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061042/
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