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John de Lacheleye (Lashley), son of Henry de Lacheleye. de Lacheleye (Lashley) John...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/56/2759

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This record is about the John de Lacheleye (Lashley), son of Henry de Lacheleye. de Lacheleye (Lashley) John... dating from [1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/56/2759
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
John de Lacheleye (Lashley), son of Henry de Lacheleye.
Name(s)
de Lacheleye (Lashley), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioner seeks the revocation of his recent outlawry in the forest eyre of Essex. He did not appear in court through the malice and persecution of Despenser, who wished to have him hung and drawn as he had had others of the quarrel for which he was outlawed. He was of the party of the Earl of Lancaster, for which the petitioner has the testimony of the present Earl of Lancaster and Roscelin and other gentlemen, and dared not appear for fear of death.
Nature of endorsement
There is sufficient testimony that he was of the party etc., and that he appeared in court for no [other reason] than fear of death. Let him produce the record and process of his outlawry before the king and let him have redress and revocation.
Places mentioned
Essex.
People mentioned
Henry de Lacheleye (Lashley), father of the petitioner
Hugh le Despenser, the son
[Thomas of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
[Henry of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
Thomas Roscelin.
Note
Firmly datable in CPR 1327-30, p.116.
Related material

For a related document, see SC 8/163/8102

For a possibly related petition see SC 8/155/7728

For a related petition see SC 8/56/2760

For a related document see SC 8/56/2761

For a related petition, see SC 8/14/682

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4959
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.116 (resulting pardon)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062977/

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