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Thomas Manston, esquire. Manston Thomas King and his lords in parliament Manston...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/63/3111
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This record is about the Thomas Manston, esquire. Manston Thomas King and his lords in parliament Manston... dating from [1391] 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 8/63/3111
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1391]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Manston, esquire.
- Name(s)
- Manston, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and his lords in parliament
- Nature of request
- Manston requests a hearing by the council in this parliament to declare his matter as he was seised of his manor of Manston until Lovel ordered his men to enter the manor and he was ousted by force, and is unable to have recovery against Lovel.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be ordered into Chancery, and let a commission be made to enquire both of the matter contained in the petition and of the matter alleged by the supplicant by mouth and certified in Chancery and let justice be done there as reason demands by the authority of parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Manston, Dorset.
- People mentioned
- John Lovelle (Lovel).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition appears to date to 1391, prompting the commission issued to examine the matter on 6 December 1391 (CPR 1391-96, p.79). Another commission, directed to an almost-identical body of individuals, was issued on 11 February 1393 (CPR 1391-96, p.238), seemingly in response to a further complaint by Manston, and a countering petition by Lovell denying the allegations (SC 8/121/6038). As this petition makes no mention of an earlier petition it seems more likely that it was presented in 1391.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a counter petition by Lovell presented to the next parliament, see SC 8/121/6038
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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 5682
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), pp.79, 238 (commissions to examine the matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106874/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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