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Abbot of Tewkesbury. King and council. Abbot of Tewkesbury The Abbot of Tewkesbury...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/76/3790

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Reference
SC 8/76/3790
Date
[1340-1341]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Tewkesbury.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Abbot of Tewkesbury
Nature of request
The Abbot of Tewkesbury states that a group of malefactors came to his manor of Stanway in Gloucestershire, and drove off his livestock. When he could have no deliverance of them by the King's writ or otherwise, he sued to Chancery for a remedy, and was given an oyer et terminer to Hugh le Despenser, Roger Hillary, and others. As a result of this the malefactors were outlawed, but the sheriff of Gloucestershire has refused to arrest them and seize their lands and chattels, and now, on the Tuesday after the feast of the Trinity last, they have driven off all the Abbot's livestock from his manor of Stanway, and are lying in wait to destroy him, his house and his people. He requests a commission to sergeants at arms or others to seize these outlaws, as the sheriffs of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire will do nothing.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Tewkesbury, [Gloucestershire]
Kemerton, [Gloucestershire]
Elmeleye (Elmley Castle), [Worcestershire]
Stanway, Gloucestershire
Worcestershire.
People mentioned
William [le Reve] son of Thomas [le Reve] of Kemerton
Thomas [le Reve] of Kemerton
William le Cokus of Elmley Castle
Hugh le Despenser
Roger Hillary.
Note
The original oyer et terminer commission was granted on 16 July 1340 and the extensive record of the proceedings, held 10-15 August 1340, are at JUST 1/299/4. The record of these proceedings was called into King's Bench in May 1341, possibly in connection with this petition.
Related material

For the proceedings of the original oyer et terminer commission mentioned in this petition, along with various associated writs, see JUST 1/299/4

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7978
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1340-1343, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.87 (commission of oyer et terminer on the original complaint by the abbot)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107564/

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