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William de Wyndesore (Windsor); Alice Perriers (Perrers) , wife of William Windsor....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/18/891

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Reference
SC 8/18/891
Date
[1378]
Description
Petitioners
William de Wyndesore (Windsor); Alice Perriers (Perrers) , wife of William Windsor.
Name(s)
de Wyndesore (Windsor); Perriers (Perrers), William; Alice
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
William de Wyndesore and Alice his wife state that there are several errors in the record, process and judgment brought against Alice, under the name of Alice Perrers, in the last parliament held at Westminster. They request permission to sue by the law of the land in parliament to reverse that judgment, notwithstanding Alice's banishment by that judgment and that they might do so by their attorneys, Edmund del Clay and Robert Brom of Warwick, jointly and separately in the said case.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:] The king has sent this bill to the council.[On dorse:] It seems to the lords of the king's council that the king can do it of his grace. Therefore it is agreed that the petitioners are to be received to pursue the law by their attorneys named in the petition, according to the tenor of this petition, of the king's grace as above.
Places mentioned
Warwick, [Warwickshire].
People mentioned
Edmund del Clay
Robert Brom of Warwick
Simon de Burleye (Burley).
Note
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, pp.40b-41b). The name Simon de Burleye is written on the face of the document, below the petition.
Related material

A list of errors in the record and process is SC 8/146/7279

A related petition is SC 8/148/7370

A previous petition presented to the same parliament on the same subject is SC 8/18/890

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8352
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. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.40b-41b(transcription of petition on parliament roll, with judicial process following from petition) & pp.12b-14b (judgment on Alice Perrers in parliament of October 1377)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061044/

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