Jacomine de Merk. de Merk Jacomine King and council. Jacomine de Merk complains that...

Petitioners

Jacomine de Merk.

Name(s)

de Merk, Jacomine

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Jacomine de Merk complains that when John de Lacheleygh was attainted of fishing in her fishponds at Lindsell, against her will and the peace of the King, and of other trespasses against her, and was handed over to Ralph Giffard, then sheriff of Essex, to be kept in prison until he had made satisfaction both to Jacomine and to the King, Giffard released him before he had made satisfaction to Jacomine. She requests a remedy.

Nature of endorsement

Coram rege.She is to go to Chancery and have a writ on the Sheriff.

Places mentioned

Lindsell, [Essex].

People mentioned

John de Lacheleygh

Robert de Maddingle (Madingley), justice

Ralph Giffard, sheriff of Essex

For another petition concerning this manor, see SC 8/17/832

For a related petition see SC 8/331/15703

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.147 (order to release John Waleys on mainprise in this matter) & p.494 (mention of this matter in a process against the Despensers, alleging that Hugh le Despenser the son arranged for John de Lacheleygh's release)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.358-9 (oyer et terminer granted on petitioner's complaints against John de Lacheleygh and others) & p.422 (pardon to John Waleys, also convicted of fishing in the petitioner's fishponds)