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Henry de Chatherton of Lancashire. de Chatherton Henry King and council Chatherton...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/39/1915

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Reference
SC 8/39/1915
Date
[c. 1380]
Description
Petitioners
Henry de Chatherton of Lancashire.
Name(s)
de Chatherton, Henry
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
Chatherton shows that Molyneux was killed in the county by certain men, and the coroner by an inquisition indicted those men, and nothing was found concerning the petitioner. Now 5 years later the coroners and the enemies of Chatherton have procured an inquisition and falsely indicted him of receiving some of the indicted men. The matter has been brought before the Bench and Chatherton has been charged of his goods and chattels and it has been ordered to the sheriff of Lancashire to levy it. He requests that the king ordain at remedy that his goods are not taken for this false indictment against law and reason.
Nature of endorsement
Let a writ be sent to John de Cavendish to consider and examine the indictment and the record, and if there is an error or default. And if it is found then he is to make an indictment, and if it is found that the coroners have made their inquests in error the said Henry is to be discharged according to the law and usage of the land.
Places mentioned
Lancashire
Liverpool, [Lancashire].
People mentioned
Richard le Molyneux
Gilbert le Norrays (Norreys), then Coroner of Lancashire
William Bredkirk, Coroner of Lancashire
John de Cavendish.
Note
The petition is likely to date to the last quarter of the fourteenth century when John Cavendish was chief justice of the king's bench.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/99/4930

For a duplicate of this petition with no endorsement see SC 8/39/1914

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1436
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062118/

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