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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Ereswell (Eriswell). de Ereswell (Eriswell) John King and council John de...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/45/2228
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/45/2228
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1311]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Ereswell (Eriswell).
- Name(s)
- de Ereswell (Eriswell), John
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- John de Ereswell states that while the king was at war in Scotland the Prior of Ely had unknown persons seize him with force and arms in his house of Eriswell, which he holds of the king in chief of the honour of Bolougne, carry off his goods and chattels, beat him, wound him, and take him to Ely, where he was imprisoned for three years, and, despite twelve writs sent for his deliverance, was only released at All Saints last. He has sued against the Prior since then by a writ of trespass, but the Prior has not answered, through false returns by the Sheriff, but continues to threaten and lie in wait for the petitioner, so that he does not dare to sue. He requests grace and a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Eriswell, Suffolk
- honour of Bolougne
- Ely, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- [John de Fresingfeld], Prior of Ely.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? c. 1318', with reference to SC 8/45/2206, but it seems much earlier than that petition. Indeed, it would seem to date from around 1311: SC 8/45/2206 mentions a writ sued to attach the Prior for two years, which lapsed at the end of that time, at the quinzaine of Easter in the sixth year of the king's reign (1313). If this is the writ mentioned here, as having been sued since the prisoner's release at All Saints last, then that would seem to put the petition at some point in c. 1311.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A later related petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/45/2206
For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/159/7925
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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 2958
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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)
- French
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062438/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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