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

Catalogue reference: SC 8/22/1083

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Reference
SC 8/22/1083
Date
[1402]
Description
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
[Illegible in original].
Places mentioned
Gloucestershire
Gloucester, [Gloucestershire]
London.
People mentioned
James Clifford
Anselm Gyse
John Berkele (Berkeley), knight
William Beauchamp, knight
Richard Ruyal (Ryall)
Thomas Brugge (Bridge)
Robert Poyns (Poyntz)
Robert Whytyngton (Whittington).
Note
Dated to 1402 with reference to the duplicate, SC 8/1082A, which can be dated by its endorsement and by the subsequent writs (SC 8/22/1082B and SC 8/22/1082C) to the parliament of 4 Henry IV (September - November 1402).
Related material

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

A duplicate of this petition is SC 8/22/1082A

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4462
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.513a-b (no.4) (full edition of original petition, or of later copy)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061249/

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