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John de Derwenwatre (Derwentwater), sheriff of Cumberland. de Derwenwatre (Derwentwater)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/108/5375

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This record is about the John de Derwenwatre (Derwentwater), sheriff of Cumberland. de Derwenwatre (Derwentwater)... dating from [1376] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/108/5375
Date
[1376]
Description
Petitioners
John de Derwenwatre (Derwentwater), sheriff of Cumberland.
Name(s)
de Derwenwatre (Derwentwater), John
Addressees
Council.
Occupation
sheriff of Cumberland
Nature of request
The petitioner requests remedy against those who assaulted him when holding his tourn at Carlisle Castle because he would not release John de Rouclyf on mainprise, and assaulted his bailiff, Knaresdayll, because he captured Rouclyf on the latter's escape from the castle.
Nature of endorsement
Let him have a writ of oyer and terminer.
Places mentioned
Carlisle, [Cumberland].
People mentioned
John de Rouclyf
John Knaresdayll, bailiff of the sheriff of Cumberland
Richard de Salkeld
John de Kechyn
Thomas Jackson Wilkokson
Adam de Borowdayll (Borrowdale).
Note
Firmly datable by reference to CPR 1374-7, p. 325.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2902
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XVI, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.325 (resulting commission of oyer and terminer)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149947/

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