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Thomas, Parson of Langar. Thomas King and council. Parson of Langar The petitioner...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/56/2777
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This record is about the Thomas, Parson of Langar. Thomas King and council. Parson of Langar The petitioner... dating from 1361 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/56/2777
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1361
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas, Parson of Langar.
- Name(s)
- Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Parson of Langar
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks remedy for duress and false imprisonment by Conyngesby and his associates. He shows that he was robbed before Chartres in France and his groom accused Conyngesby's manservant in the court of the Marshalsea. The court awarded trial by combat, by which the petitioner feared irregularity and withheld his groom from the suit. Then Conyngesby accused the petitioner and his groom of conspiracy against his manservant and judgement was made against him in 100 marks, which was decided in the absence of the petitioner contrary to law. By reason of this error the king took the case into his hands and arranged a day for the parties before his council in England. During the adjournment Conyngesby and his associates came to the petitioner's house and took him to Lord Tiptoft's house in Sherwood and there forced him to make fine in £100 and later they threatened his life. Further, Conyngesby and his associates kidnapped the petitioner in Walbrook in London and imprisoned him, by reason of which he could not sue to the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- The parties are in agreement and Ardern is appointed to try the case in the Star Chamber in the palace of Westminster, Tuesday 23 February 1361. Conyngesby is found guilty and dismissed from the king's grace and the petitioner has compensation.
- Places mentioned
- France
- Chartres, [Blois, France]
- Marshalsea, [Surrey]
- Langar, [Nottinghamshire]
- Sherwood, [Nottinghamshire]
- Walbrook, [London]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- William de Conyngesby
- John de Ardern.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement is dated; see also Select Cases before King's Council, p. 47
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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 4823
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Select Cases before the King's Council, 1243-1482, Ed. I.S. Leadam and J.F. Baldwin, (Selden Society, vol. XXXV, 1918), p.47 (full edition of petition and references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062995/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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