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John de Pelham, clerk. de Pelham John King. clerk John de Pelham states that when...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/66/3267

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Reference
SC 8/66/3267
Date
[1327-1331]
Description
Petitioners
John de Pelham, clerk.
Name(s)
de Pelham, John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
clerk
Nature of request
John de Pelham states that when he was chief clerk of the office of avenerie in the household of the king's father, the purveyors of the office took victuals from the Abbot of Combe and others for the household's horses; for which the wardrobe is charged. The Abbot of Combe has now sued a writ of trespass in King's Bench against John in Warwickshire, where he has no lands and is not resident, and has procured an inquest, which has condemned him to pay 200 marks. A writ has now been issued for his arrest, and he has sued a writ of attaint against the false inquest. He asks the king to order the Chancellor to give him a writ to the justices of the King's Bench to suspend the order for his arrest, and to make no execution against him at the suit of the king or of the party, so that he can sue this matter to its conclusion.
Nature of endorsement
He is to sue the attaint if he wishes, for the law does not allow him to be mainprized, because of the prejudice to the party which might result.
Places mentioned
Combe, Warwickshire.
People mentioned
Abbot of Combe
[Edward II], King of England.
Note
CPR 1330-4 pp.44 is dated 18 January 1331, and p.223 is dated 12 October 1331. This petition seems to come from a slightly earlier stage in the proceedings, and clearly dates from some time after the succession of Edward III.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6656
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.44 (order to pardon the petitioner his outlawry in Warwickshire for non-appearance in this case) & 223 (similar order, on condition that the petitioner surrender to the Marshalsea)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107038/

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