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Richard le Venur and Alice le Venur his wife. Venur; Venur Richard; Alice King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/77/3821

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This record is about the Richard le Venur and Alice le Venur his wife. Venur; Venur Richard; Alice King and... dating from [c. 1275-c. 1290] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/77/3821
Date
[c. 1275-c. 1290]
Description
Petitioners
Richard le Venur and Alice le Venur his wife.
Name(s)
Venur; Venur, Richard; Alice
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Richard le Venur and Alice his wife state that they had brought a writ of novel disseisin against Walter de Aynho, James de Columbers, John de Columbers, as is contained in the record attached to the petition, and wished to convict James of drawing up a false document, through the witnesses named in the record, the justices refused to allow this, but wished to proceed to hold the assize without the witnesses. Richard and Alice ask that he might be convicted of this deceit before the King's council, and that justice might be done to them.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
People mentioned
Walter de Aynho
James de Columbers
John de Columbers.
Note
Dated by reference to SC 8/77/3822.
Related material

The record of the assize mentioned in this petition is SC 8/77/3822

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8237
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107595/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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