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Hugh de Lacy of Thurlstone. de Lacy Hugh King and council. The petitioner seeks damages...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/56/2757

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Reference
SC 8/56/2757
Date
[? 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Hugh de Lacy of Thurlstone.
Name(s)
de Lacy, Hugh
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioner seeks damages of £60 for three weeks unjust detention in the prison at Sheffield Castle. Through their malice and without warrant or reason, Furnival, Boturchait, Hallam and Parker took the petitioner to Sheffield Castle and kept him there in prison for a night and a day and then handed him over to the gaol in York, for which neither the sheriff of York nor his officers could find cause, and then Furnival held the petitioner in prison in Sheffield for three weeks without reason.
Nature of endorsement
[On Face] Let him have a writ of trespass at the common law.
Places mentioned
Thurveston (Thurlstone), [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Sheffield, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Hallam, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Brikeshertht (Brightside), [West Riding of Yorkshire]
York.
People mentioned
Thomas de Furnival (Lord Furnival), Lord of Sheffield
Richard de Boturchait
Adam de Hallam
Robert le Parker of Brightside.
Note
No precise context established; suggested here as? 1322 on the basis that the events described might be associated with the disruption in England following the Battle of Boroughbridge of 1322.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/238/11877

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4813
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062975/

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