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Joan de Lente, who was the wife of Richard de Lente. de Lente Joan King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2833

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This record is about the Joan de Lente, who was the wife of Richard de Lente. de Lente Joan King and council.... dating from [? 1320-? 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/57/2833
Date
[? 1320-? 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Joan de Lente, who was the wife of Richard de Lente.
Name(s)
de Lente, Joan
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioner seeks damages of £1000 and shows that she was in the king's peace at Fresden in Wiltshire when Aylmer the father, Aylmer the son, Faris, and others unknown came with force and arms with the support of Despenser, threw her out of her house and broke her doors and windows. She then mounted her horse and went to see her corn in Fresden, whence came Aylmer and the others and she dismounted and her horse with all its equipment worth 100s was taken and remains in their possession. Furthermore, as she handed her carucate of land over to the Hayward, Aylmer the son and the others came and took eight oxen worth ten marks from her carucate and wounded and assaulted her men such that she cannot cultivate her land, and from day to day they harass her men with force and arms such that none will remain, for which she cannot obtain a remedy through the law.
Nature of endorsement
Proceed at the common law.
Places mentioned
Fresshesdon (Fresden), [Wiltshire]
Wiltshire.
People mentioned
Richard de Lente
William Aylmer, the father
William Aylmer, the son
Gregory Faris
Hugh le Despenser, the son.
Note
Dated tentatively to the 1320s on the basis of the hand. See also SC 8/57/2831, which may pre-date this petition.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/57/2830

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4782
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063053/

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