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Thomas Ferrers the younger, esquire; Gilbert Faldryng, servant of Thomas Ferrers;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/111/5528

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Reference
SC 8/111/5528
Date
[? 1453]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Ferrers the younger, esquire; Gilbert Faldryng, servant of Thomas Ferrers; Hugh More, servant of Thomas Ferrers.
Name(s)
Ferrers; Faldryng; More, Thomas; Gilbert; Hugh
Addressees
Commons in the present parliament.
Occupation
servant of Thomas Ferrers
Nature of request
Ferrers, Faldryng and More request that the commons will request the king and lords will ordain several writs of proclamation to the sheriffs of Warwickshire and Staffordshire that Hexstall and others besummoned before the king's court before the justices of Pleas in the quinzene of St John to answer for the armed assault that they made on Thomas Ferrers the elders castle at Tanworth, and if they appear that they be imprisoned in the Fleet prison until they find surety.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:] Let this bill be sent to the lords.[On dorse:] Let it be done as it is desired.
Places mentioned
Coleshill, Warwickshire
Arden, [Warwickshire]
Tanworth, Warwickshire
Tamworth, Staffordshire
Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire
Lamport, Northamptonshire
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Coventry, Warwickshire
Lichfield, Staffordshire
Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
Stafford, Staffordshire
Fleet Prison, [London].
People mentioned
Thomas Hexstall, gentleman
Thomas Cotys of Staffordshire, gentleman
Richard Gunne of Tanworth, carpenter
Hugh Colman of Tamworth
John Boteller of Elmesthorpe, yeoman
John Dobbys of Lamport, yeoman
William Banastre of Staffordshire, yeoman
John Ballard of Staffordshire, yeoman
Thomas Pestyll, yeoman
John Baker of Wolverhampton, yeoman
Thomas Ferrers the elder, esquire.
Note
Dated on the guard to? 1453 on the basis that refernces to dates in the petition fit with the chronology of the parliament of that year.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3460
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150194/

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