Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

John Seelk. Seelk John King. Seelk requests that a remedy or some other solution...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/73/3650

What’s it about?

This record is about the John Seelk. Seelk John King. Seelk requests that a remedy or some other solution... dating from [c. 1327-c. 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Is it available online?

Yes, this record is available online and can be downloaded. How to view it.

Can I see it in person?

No, this record is not available to see in person at The National Archives. Other ways to view it.

Full description and record details

Reference
SC 8/73/3650
Date
[c. 1327-c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
John Seelk.
Name(s)
Seelk, John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Seelk requests that a remedy or some other solution is ordered for him as he and his wife were disseised and ejected from their free tenement in Bristol by Babbekary. They sued by writ at the common law against Babbekary, whereupon he and others procured a false indictment against him, and when he pursued his case he was imprisoned until he made a release to Babbekary. He was subsequently delivered before the justices for this false indictment.
Nature of endorsement
Concerning the release of his land made by force of imprisonment he should sue at the common law. And concerning the release that was put against him, he should aid himself by the response that he was in their prison at the making. And concerning the indictment, he should a writ of conspiracy.
Places mentioned
Bristol.
People mentioned
Henry Babbekary (Babcary)
Joan [Seelk], wife of the petitioner
William le Haukere
Gilbert Pokerel.
Note
The note on the guard dates this to? c. 1330 on the basis of an entry in the patent rolls for August 1330 (CPR 1327-30, p.571). However, although this entry refers to Henry Babbekary, it does not relate to the petition in any obvious way. The petition contents suggest that this may be a complaint by an individual who had suffered under the Despenser regime, who took the opportunity of Edward II's fall to recover his losses. It may alternatively be a petition complaining of the excesses of the Isabella and Mortimer regime, which would make 1330 another possible date.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7216
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107424/

How to order it

  1. View this record page in our current catalogue
  2. Check viewing and downloading options
  3. Select an option and follow instructions
View this record page

Series information

SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

74,884 records

Within the department: SC

Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...

18,283 records

Within the series: SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

51 records

Within the piece: SC 8/73

3601-3650. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...

You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/73/3650

John Seelk. Seelk John King. Seelk requests that a remedy or some other solution...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.