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John de la Legh, son of Gilbert de la Legh of the county of Lancaster. de la Legh...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2839

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Reference
SC 8/57/2839
Date
[c. 1324]
Description
Petitioners
John de la Legh, son of Gilbert de la Legh of the county of Lancaster.
Name(s)
de la Legh, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioner seeks an order to certain justices that they grant him a decision in his case according to the law of the land. He shows that he captured four serfs in 'Lestmore', Cliviger and Towneley, who were arraigned before Staunten and his associates. The petitioner acknowledged taking the serfs on his chase appurtenant to the manor of Towneley, of which he is seised of a third part by the courtesy of England in right of his wife, whose ancestors have been seised therein since time without memory to hunt all manner of savage beasts in all seasons. The justices adjourned to Nottingham to the quindene of Martinmas, on which day the petitioner came and asked that the truth be tried by inquest, and the justices adjourned until the quindene of Hilary, on which day the petitioner came to 'Herford' before the aforesaid justices and asked that he should have delivery, and the justices adjourned to the three weeks of Easter and ordered that he take his suit to king and council and that in the meantime he should not have delivery.1)
Nature of endorsement
Let him have an order to the justices that in this [case] they make right and reason.2) Coram magno consilio.3) For John, son of Gilbert de la Legh.
Places mentioned
Lancashire
Lestmore (unidentified), [Lancashire]
Cleuachir (Cliviger), [Lancashire]
Towneley, [Lancashire]
Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire]
Herford (unidentified).
People mentioned
Gilbert de la Legh
Henry de Staunten.
Note
Dated on the dorse to c. 1324 on the basis of internal evidence relating to the sessions of the king's justices.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4896
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063059/

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