Hugh Erdeswyk of Staffordshire, esquire. Erdeswyk Hugh Commons of parliament. Hugh...

Petitioners

Hugh Erdeswyk of Staffordshire, esquire.

Name(s)

Erdeswyk, Hugh

Addressees

Commons of parliament.

Nature of request

Hugh Erdeswyk complains that certain lovedays have been instituted between him and Edmund Ferrers, concerning certain quarrels which Edmund claims to have with him, and Edmund has given assurances that he will observe them, but that Edmund nevertheless lies in wait with bands of armed men to kill Hugh, and inflicts other injuries on him, as contained in a bill attached to this petition. He requests that the commons ask the king to ordain a remedy.

Nature of endorsement

[On face] Soit baille au roy (It is to be delivered to the king).[On dorse] A sufficient remedy has been ordained by statute in the parliament held at Westminster in the [thirteenth] year of the reign of King Henry, fourth since the conquest.

Places mentioned

Staffordshire

Westminster.

People mentioned

Edmund Ferrers of Staffordshire, esquire.

A petition against the petitioner from Edmund Ferrers is SC 8/23/1132

• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.630a-632a (enrolment on roll of parliament of 1410 of petition against Hugh Erdeswyk and others for various trespasses and felonies, and its response)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.32a-33b (no. 13) (full edition of original petition, with associated schedule)