William Oldhall, knight Oldhall William Commons of parliament William Oldhall, knight,...

Petitioners

William Oldhall, knight

Name(s)

Oldhall, William

Addressees

Commons of parliament

Nature of request

William Oldhall, knight, states that, through the machinations of ill-disposed persons, who aimed to acquire his lands and goods, he was declared a traitor by an act of the last parliament, commenced at Reading on 6 March, in the thirty-first year of the king's reign, the tenor of which is attached to this petition, and accused of having counselled John Cade, John Wylkyns and John Halton; and he was indicted, by means of threats and duress, and outlawed, but has now been acquitted, and the outlawry reversed. He asks the commons to ask the king to grant, by authority of parliament, that the act made in the last parliament be quashed and annulled, and that he might be restored to his good name, and he and his heirs enabled to inherit and to plead, and that he might be restored to all the possessions he had on the first day of that parliament, without any other suit for them, and to all the goods and chattels he has lost, and that he might be enabled to sue for these. Various provisos are included.

Nature of endorsement

Let it be sent to the Lords (on face).It is to be done as is desired (on dorse).

Places mentioned

France

Normandy, [France]

Guyenne, [France]

Reading, [Berkshire]

People mentioned

John Cade

John Wylkyns (Wilkins)

John Halton

The copy of the act of parliament attainting William Oldhall, formerly attached to this petition, is piece 11 of C 49/29

• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. VI, 1452-1461, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.282 (exemplification of petition and response, at the petitioner's request)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.451a-453a (no.40) (edition of exemplification of petition, and of related Act of Parliament, on Patent Roll)