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John Vivian of Cornwall, gentleman Vivian John Commons of parliament John Vivian...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/29/1445
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/29/1445
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1472]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Vivian of Cornwall, gentleman
- Name(s)
- Vivian, John
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament
- Nature of request
- John Vivian complains that various servants of Thomas Trethewy, at the command of Thomas and Elizabeth his wife, lay in wait to murder him and his family when they were on pilgrimage to the chapel of St James at Tregoose, on 2 August 12 Edward IV, attacked them, wounded him, his wife, his son and some of his servants, and killed his nephew, and have continued to lie in wait for him and threaten him and his tenants, and have attacked and robbed his manor of Trelowarren, so that he dare not live at home, and his tenants have left. He can have no remedy at common law, because of the power of Thomas and Elizabeth; therefore he asks the commons to ask the king to ordain, by authority of parliament, that he may have as many writs as he needs to the Sheriff of Cornwall, asking him to make proclamation that Thomas, Elizabeth and the others are to appear in person before the King's Bench at the octave of Hilary next, to answer for these crimes, and are to be committed to ward until the matter is determined; with various provisions specified in the petition for particular eventualities.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Let it be sent to the Lords.
- Places mentioned
- Tregours (Tregoose), Cornwall
- Reskemer (Roskymmer), Cornwall
- Trefury (Treverry), Cornwall
- Fowey, Cornwall
- Penrynburgh (Penryn), Cornwall
- Melynpoltuskawortha [unidentified], Cornwall
- Resveer (Rosevear), Cornwall
- Tredower (Tredawargh), Cornwall
- Treworgy, Cornwall
- Trelawren (Trelowarren), Cornwall
- People mentioned
- Annore [Vivian], wife of petitioner
- James Gerveis (Gerves) late of Roskymmer, yeoman
- Reginald Vicary, late of Roskymmer, yeoman
- John Maiowe (Mayowe) the younger, late of Fowey, soldier
- Robert Toker late of Roskymmer, yeoman, Piers Feby late of Penryn, groom
- John Restawrek late of Roskymmer, holywater clerk
- William Chafer (Chaffer) late of Melynpoltuscawartha, miller
- Stephen Roche late of Rosevear, tailor
- John Crowen late of Tredower, husbandman
- Richard Crowen late of Roskymmer, groom
- Thomas Trethewy late of Roskymmer, esquire, coroner of Cornwall
- Elizabeth [Trethewy], wife of Thomas Trethewy
- William Reskymer (Reskemer), former husband of Elizabeth Trethewy
- Richard [Vivian], son of petitioner
- Richard Rascaden, servant of petitioner
- William Rascaden, servant of petitioner
- Piers Davy, servant of petitioner
- John Morthur (Morthure), gentleman, nephew of petitioner
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament summoned at Westminster in October 1472 (12 Edward IV) and prorogued a number of times until January 1475 (Rot. Parl. vol. VI, p.54a-b). It is stated on pp.52b-53b that the counter-petition was presented on 8 February, 12 Edward IV (1473), and that John Vivian's petition was granted in this parliament, and the writs resulting from it sent out 6 October, 12 Edward IV (1472).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A schedule attached to that petition is SC 8/145/7211A
A counter-petition by those complained about in this petition is SC 8/145/7211B
A near duplicate of this petition is SC 8/29/1444
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 8333
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. VI, Edw IV, Ric III and Hen VII, (Record Commission, 1783), p.54a-b (transcription of near-duplicate petition on parliament roll: text unmodified)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061634/
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