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John de Seint Amand (St Amand) de Seint Amand (St Amand) John King and council John...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/30/1492

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Reference
SC 8/30/1492
Date
[1320]
Description
Petitioners
John de Seint Amand (St Amand)
Name(s)
de Seint Amand (St Amand), John
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
John de Seint Amand complains that when John de Grey and Ralph, son of Richard, his steward, were appointed as Guardians of the Peace in Bedfordshire, on the Monday, on the morrow the feast of St Lawrence in that year, Ralph son of Richard came with Thomas, son of Henry Spigurnel and with a great force of armed men, and expelled John de Seint Amand from his manor of Houghton, carrying off his goods and chattels found there; and they extracted an obligation from Robert de Shakeleston that he would not go against their wishes, and arranged for him to deliver the manor to John de Grey. He can have no remedy because of their power in the country, so he requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
He is to go to Chancery and have a writ at common law.
Places mentioned
Hoghton (Houghton Conquest), Bedfordshire
People mentioned
John de Grey (Gray)
Ralph, son of Richard (Fitz Richard), steward of John de Grey
Thomas [Spygurnel (Spigurnel)], son of Henry Spygurnel (Spigurnel)
Robert de Shakeleston
Note
CPR 1317-21 pp.543-4 is dated at Westminster, 23 October 1320; and a note on the guard of the petition points out that in 1320 the morrow of St Lawrence was a Monday. The petition would seem to have been presented at the parliament of October 1320.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 82
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.543-4 (commission of oyer and terminer on the complaint of the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061685/

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