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John de Laysingby, chaplain. de Laysingby John King and council. chaplain The petitioner...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2812

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Reference
SC 8/57/2812
Date
[c. 1307-c. 1312]
Description
Petitioners
John de Laysingby, chaplain.
Name(s)
de Laysingby, John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
chaplain
Nature of request
The petitioner seeks a remedy and that Adam, son of Thomas de Liddesdale, and his twelve mainpernors be summoned to answer at law for various trespasses. He shows that Adam son of Thomas bound himself (and Adam his son) by writing to Wygeton and Lyndeseye, then keepers of the king's peace in Liddesdale, under the guarantee of twelve mainpernors prepared to produce him in court subject to forfeiture. Adam son of Adam rebelled, assaulted and wounded the petitioner at Quel in Liddesdale, and then took him to Cavers Moor in Scotland and detained him, setting a ransom of fifty-four marks.
Nature of endorsement
He is to pursue the case in the presence of the steward of Scotland. The justices, Wygeton and Lyndeseye, are to come and be ordered by writ under the seal of England to establish custody and commit them (the mainpernors) to prison, according to the contents of this petition.
Places mentioned
Liddesdale, [Roxburghshire, Scotland]
Quel (Wheel Kirk), [Roxburghshire, Scotland]
Caversmore (Cavers Moor), [Roxburghshire, Scotland]
Scotland.
People mentioned
Adam [de Liddesdale], son of Thomas de Liddesdale
Thomas de Liddesdale
Adam [de Liddesdale], son of Adam [de Liddesdale]
John de Wygeton
Simon de Lyndeseye.
Note
Notes on guard, which refer to a dating of 1307-8 made by Bain (III, 66).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4846
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), no.66 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063032/

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