John atte Wode (Wood, Atwood); Alice atte Wode (Wood, Atwood), wife of John Atwood....

Petitioners

John atte Wode (Wood, Atwood); Alice atte Wode (Wood, Atwood), wife of John Atwood.

Name(s)

atte Wode (Wood, Atwood); atte Wode (Wood, Atwood), John; Alice

Addressees

Lords and commons of parliament.

Nature of request

John atte Wode and Alice his wife, of Gloucestershire, state that they have previously petitioned the king, complaining that Anselm Gyse, in conspiracy with James Clifford and others, had John atte Wode indicted of felony and imprisoned for three and a half years, and in the meantime seized his lands and tenements. The king granted a commission to enquire into this, but James and Anselm procured a biased jury, which the petitioners successfully challenged; however, another inquest was later taken, by the same people, by Robert Poyns and Robert Whityngton, two of the original commissioners. John Berkele and Richard Ruyal, also members of the commission, are in London and can attest to this, and the petitioners ask the lords and commons to summon them before them in parliament, and question them on this matter, and to ordain a remedy for the petitioners.

Nature of endorsement

John Berkele, knight, and Richard Ruyal are to be summoned before the lords in parliament, or before the king's council, to be examined on the matter contained in this petition. And James Clifford and Anselm Gyse are to be summoned by writ before the council on a certain day, on pain of a certain penalty, both to be decided by the council, and the council is to have power, by authority of parliament, to do justice to the parties, at its own discretion.On 15 July in the fourth year etc., Henry Malpas, one of the masters of the king's Chancery, delivered this petition, endorsed, to R. Frye, by the door of the Bishop of Chester's lodging in the Strand, in which T. Longley, then Keeper of the Privy Seal, was staying, and there Henry attested that this endorsed petition agreed in every way with the original endorsed petition, which was in the keeping of John Rome, clerk of parliament.

Places mentioned

Gloucestershire

Gloucester, [Gloucestershire]

London

the Strand, [London].

People mentioned

James Clifford

Anselm Gyse

John Berkele (Berkeley), knight

William Beauchamp, knight

Richard Ruyal (Ryall)

Thomas Brugge (Bridge)

Robert Poyns (Poyntz)

Robert Whityngton (Whittington)

Henry Malpas, a master of the king's Chancery

R. Frye, doorkeeper (?) of the Bishop of Chester's lodging in the Strand

T[Thomas] Longley (Langley), Keeper of the Privy Seal

John Rome, clerk of parliament.

For another complaint against James Clifford, see SC 8/22/1084

A duplicate of this petition is SC 8/22/1083

A writ to Anselm Gyse in response to this petition is SC 8/22/1082B

A writ to James Clifford is response to this petition is SC 8/22/1082C