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William de Derham, late Clerk of the Earl of Kent. de Derham William King and council...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/42/2088

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SC 8/42/2088
Date
[c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
William de Derham, late Clerk of the Earl of Kent.
Name(s)
de Derham, William
Addressees
King and council
Occupation
Clerk of the Earl of Kent
Nature of request
1) Derham requests that he can have a remedy according to right and his good grace for he was arrested and imprisoned without warrant by Maltravers and others when the earl of Kent was arrested, and the king has since acquitted all manor of men impeached for the earl and by the false plotting of Maltravers.2) He requests grace and remedy since Maltravers ordered Lespicer and others to Crawley where they entered Derham's parsonage, breaking his house and took his goods, chattels and documents to his great damage.3) He further requests grace and remedy as Maltravers and others came to Silkstead and took more of his goods, chattels and documents.
Nature of endorsement
Concerning what was taken by ministers of the king, restitution should be made as it was agreed; concerning things taken by others he should have a writ of trespass.
Places mentioned
Winchester, [Hampshire]
Salisbury, [Wiltshire]
Crawley, [Hampshire]
Claverton, [Somerset]
Silkstead, [Hampshire].
People mentioned
[Edmund of Woodstock], Earl of Kent
John Mautravers (Maltravers), the son
Simon de Bereford
William de Beuchamp (Beauchamp)
John Lespicer of Salisbury
John de Leycestre
Nicholas de Reny
Hugh Balle
Nicholas de Kyrkeby
John Gilbert
John de Langeport, Parson of the church of Claverton.
Note
The petition clearly dates to after the arrest and execution of the earl of Kent in March 1330, and also must postdate the fall of Mortimer at the end of the year. c. 1330 seems a reasonable date to place this.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/165/8213

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2883
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062294/

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