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Geoffrey le Fauconer (Falconer), formerly vicar of Chesham Fauconer (Falconer) Geoffrey...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/47/2308

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Reference
SC 8/47/2308
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Geoffrey le Fauconer (Falconer), formerly vicar of Chesham
Name(s)
Fauconer (Falconer), Geoffrey
Addressees
King and council
Occupation
vicar of Chesham
Nature of request
Geoffrey le Fauconer, formerly vicar of Chesham, states that, by a conspiracy between Ralph de Wedone, Walter le Ran and Geoffrey de la Northdene, steward of Ralph de Wedone, a writ of appeal was purchased against him in the county of Buckinghamshire, in the name of a fictitious Agnes de Beaumond, and that with the assent of Peter de la Rokele, Under-sheriff of Buckinghamshire, he was imprisoned, while they collected some tithes due to his church, which were given to the Abbot of Leicester. They then procured that the writ be returned that he could not be found. He has never been able to have a remedy for this, because of the maintenance which Ralph de Wedone had from Robert de Baudak and other great men. He requests a remedy now.
Nature of endorsement
At common law.
Places mentioned
Chesham, [Buckinghamshire]
Buckinghamshire
People mentioned
Ralph de Wedone
Walter le Ran
Geoffrey de la Northdene, steward of Ralph de Wedone
Agnes de Beaumond (Beaumont): Peter de la Rokele, Under-sheriff of Buckinghamshire
the Abbot of Leicester
Robert de Baudak (Baldock), Chancellor of England
Note
Dated on the guard to '? c. 1326' with reference to the maintenance of Robert de Baldock, Chancellor of England, who was imprisoned on 16 November 1326. As it speaks of him and other great men in the past tense ('qi furent maintenours de fauses enprises'), it must date from after his fall.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3338
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062519/

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