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John de Cogkesale (Coggeshall). de Cogkesale (Coggeshall) John King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/97/4841

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Reference
SC 8/97/4841
Date
[1318]
Description
Petitioners
John de Cogkesale (Coggeshall).
Name(s)
de Cogkesale (Coggeshall), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
John de Cogkesale states that he was arrested and put into York castle gaol without suit or being indicted, at the procurement of his enemies, and that Henry de Baynton, gaoler of that gaol, and William his son, put him in a very harsh prison in order to extort money from him, and later kept him in irons for a whole day, and took two payments of 20s. from him, for which he gave them a pledge to the value of 30s., which they still have. He requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
He is to have a writ of trespass before the King, formulated according to the fact contained in the petition.
Places mentioned
York.
People mentioned
Henry de Baynton, gaoler of York castle gaol
William [de Baynton], son of Henry de Baynton.
Note
Dated to 1318 with reference to Docs. Illus. English History pp.36-7, although the petition is barely identifiable from what can be seen of its endorsment. However, Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined. p.78 adds weight to the identification.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1404
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Documents Illustrative of English History in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, selected from the Records of the Department of the Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Ed. H. Cole, (Record Commission, 1844), pp.36-7 (edition of Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), p.78 (edition of a list of petitions from 1318, including one which may be this one)
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