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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
SC 8/18/889
Date
[1378]
Description
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.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6059
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • 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)
Record URL
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