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Thomas de Stodham. de Stodham Thomas King and council. 1) Stodham requests remedy...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/72/3598

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Reference
SC 8/72/3598
Date
[c. 1300-c. 1325]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Stodham.
Name(s)
de Stodham, Thomas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
1) Stodham requests remedy as he was forced to quitclaim to Abel his manor of Plumborough, Abel having demanded this and imprisoned him at Berkamsted and Hertford until he did so.2) He requests remedy on a further complaint that, while he was imprisoned, Abel and others came to his house broke in and broke into a chest and took his charters and muniments relating to Plumborough and carried them and other goods and chattels away.3) He requests remedy on a further complaint that he was further imprisoned in Newgate by an appeal procured by Abel. The appealor at the gaol delivery acknowledged this.4) He requests remedy as after he was released from gaol, Abel sent his men and they assaulted and wounded Stodham and carried away his seal so that Abel could make charter and quitclaims at his will.
Nature of endorsement
[On face]1) Concerning the recovery of the land, nothing, because it is against the record.2) He should have a writ of trespass.3) He should have a writ of conspiracy.4) He should have a writ of trespass.[On dorse: None]
Places mentioned
Plumbergh (Plumborough), [Essex]
Berkhamsted, [Hertfordshire]
Hertford, [Hertfordshire]
Westminster
Hockley, Essex
Newgate, [London].
People mentioned
John Abel, knight, Steward of Queen Margaret
William de Hamelton
William Houward, justice of gaol delivery.
Note
The petition refers to John Abel as steward of Queen Margaret, who must (on the basis of the hand) be Margaret, the second wife of Edward I (married 1299, died 1318). It is not clear whether Margaret was still alive when the petition was composed. For this reason, the petition is assigned a notional date range covering the first quarter of the fourteenth century.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7315
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107372/

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