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Laurence Allerthorp (Allerthorpe); William Gascoigne; Robert Waterton; John West....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/23/1103

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This record is about the Laurence Allerthorp (Allerthorpe); William Gascoigne; Robert Waterton; John West.... dating from [1406] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/23/1103
Date
[1406]
Description
Petitioners
Laurence Allerthorp (Allerthorpe); William Gascoigne; Robert Waterton; John West.
Name(s)
Allerthorp (Allerthorpe); Gascoigne; West, Laurence; William; Robert; Waterton; John
Addressees
Lords spiritual and temporal in parliament.
Nature of request
The petitioners state that John Cokayn, knight, of Derbyshire, has expelled them by force from their manor of Baddesley Ensor in Warwickshire, and is threatening their tenants with beating and ill-treatment, if they do not attorn to him. They request a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
A writ is to be sent to the afore-mentioned John Cokayn, to appear before the king and his council in parliament at the octave of Trinity next, on pain of a certain penalty to be decided.
Places mentioned
Baddesley Ensor, Warwickshire
Derbyshire.
People mentioned
Richard Gascoigne
Robert Redyngton
John Cokayn, knight.
Note
The writ issued as a result of this petition (see Rot. Parl. vol. III, p. 561) is dated at Westminster, 28 May, 7 Henry IV (1406). This petition must have been presented to the parliament of March 1406.
Related material

For a writ summoning John Cokayn to appear before the king and council, formerly attached to this petition, see C 49/13/11

For another petition possibly by the same Allerthorpe, see SC 8/189/9422

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 127
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), pp.560b-561a (no.4) (full edition of original petition and associated writ)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061269/

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