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John Charnels. Charnels John King's council in parliament. John Charnels states that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/19/910

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Reference
SC 8/19/910
Date
[1377]
Description
Petitioners
John Charnels.
Name(s)
Charnels, John
Addressees
King's council in parliament.
Nature of request
John Charnels states that a Maud Charnels sued by writ of scire facias in Common Bench against John Marchal to recover the manors of Elmesthorpe, Bilton and Swepstone, by a machination between John Marchal and Ralph Feres to disinherit John Charnels in future; the manors still being in the king's hand. He asks that he might be called to hear Maud's suit, so that neither he nor the king might be disinherited in his absence.
Nature of endorsement
An answer has been given on the bill of the opposing party, delivered into parliament on this matter.
Places mentioned
Aylmerysthorp (Elmesthorpe), Leicestershire
Buelton (Bilton), Warwickshire
Swepstone, Leicestershire.
People mentioned
Maud Charnels
John Marchal
Ralph Feres.
Related material

Another petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/39/1905

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2077
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), pp.40-41 (order to proceed to execution of judgments in favour of Maud, daughter of Thomas Charnels, notwithstanding the malicious suggestion by John Charnels that he had enfeoffed the Black Prince with these manors)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.54a (no.14) (full edition of original document)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061063/

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