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Alice de la Mare. Mare Alice King and lords of parliament. Alice de la Mare requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/21/1041A

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This record is about the Alice de la Mare. Mare Alice King and lords of parliament. Alice de la Mare requests... dating from [1391] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/21/1041A
Date
[1391]
Description
Petitioners
Alice de la Mare.
Name(s)
Mare, Alice
Addressees
King and lords of parliament.
Nature of request
Alice de la Mare requests the king's aid in the recovery of the money of which she has been cheated by John Sumpter, the attorney who was aiding her to recover her inheritance in East Mersea.
Nature of endorsement
This petition is to be sent to Chancery, and the Chancellor, by authority of parliament, is to have the parties appear before him in Chancery, and there, when the matter contained in this petition has been examined, and the arguments of the parties heard, what justice and reason and good faith and good conscience demand is to be done, by authority of parliament.
Places mentioned
East Mersea, [Essex]
Colchester, [Essex].
People mentioned
John Mary, father of petitioner
Eleanor [Mary], mother of petitioner
Elizabeth [Mary], sister of petitioner
Catherine [Mary], sister of petitioner
Walter Senkeworth, chaplain
John Lovet, second husband of Eleanor Mary
Humphrey Weston
Robert Swynburn (Swinburn)
John Sumpter, attorney of petitioner
Richard Sutton
John Rokel.
Note
The writ instructing John Sumpter to appear before the king (SC 8/21/1041B) is dated at Westminster, 12 November, 15 Richard II (1391), so this petition must have been submitted to the parliament held at Westminster in November 1391.CCR 1389-92 p.297 is dated at Westminster, 25 November 1390. CCR 1389-92 p.533 states that the mainprise was made on 2 December 1391, and speaks of John Sumpter being impeached before the king in parliament. CCR 1389-92 pp.552-3 is dated at Westminster, 25 February 1392.
Related material

The follow-up writ instructing John Sumpter to appear before the king and his council is SC 8/21/1041B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5464
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1389-1392, (Public Record Office, 1923), p.297 (quitclaim by petitioner to Robert de Swynbourne and Ralph Chaumberleyn, of manor of East Mersea) & p.533 (mainprise for John Sumpter, to have him in chancery to answer to the petitioner) & pp.552-3 (recognisance by John Sumpter and others for £80 to be paid to the petitioner and Thomas Lenham of Essex)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.297a-298a (no.2) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061203/

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