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Thomas de la Roche. Roche Thomas King and council. Thomas de la Roche complains about...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/68/3396

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Reference
SC 8/68/3396
Date
[? 1293-? 1295]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de la Roche.
Name(s)
Roche, Thomas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Thomas de la Roche complains about the wrongs and harms done him by William de Valence and his bailiffs, about which he complained at the parliament held last Michaelmas, and was granted a writ on this matter.He complains that he has been unable to receive justice from William de Valence and his Steward of West Wales in his court, and has been attached and imprisoned. He asks for a justice to be sent at his expense to inquire into these wrongs, and that nine of his men, who have been imprisoned, might be released.
Nature of endorsement
He is to have a writ in Chancery.
Places mentioned
West Wales.
People mentioned
William de Valence
William de Valence's Steward of west Wales.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1272-1296, with reference to SC 8/68/3397 and the death of William de Valence in 1296, and further to '? c. 1289', with reference to CPR 1281-92 pp.330-331, which is dated 15 May 1289. Petitions Relating to Wales dates the related SC 8/68/3397 to 1293-5.
Related material

A letter relating to this petition is SC 8/68/3397

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6989
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), pp.330-331 (commission to various people to go to Haverford to see that William de Valence and his wife are not impeded by Hugh de Cressingham, steward of Queen Eleanor. Among other things, he and his ministers have prevented Thomas de la Roche from doing suit at the county court of Pembroke.)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107167/

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