? No Petitioner named [This appears to be a collection of general eyre plaints, of...

Petitioners

? No Petitioner named

Nature of request

[This appears to be a collection of general eyre plaints, of which 5 entries are visible, though the first and last are too badly damaged to be recoverable, and it is unclear whether further entries have been entirely lost].1) [Not recoverable].2) It is further complained that Philip de Montgomery has enclosed the highway between Wychnor Bridge and Barley Ford, to the great damage of the country, and takes pledges for livestock that enter the enclosures.3) It is further complained of the excesses and wrongs of Fremount taken without award of the forester or warden of the Forest.4) It is further complained of the taking of Robert Bernard by Roger de Montgomery on the highway between Orgreave and the River Trent, and his imprisonment whereby he was forced to make a fine for his release without judgement.5) [Not recoverable].

Nature of endorsement

[Further text is lost or obscured by the repair.]Philip de Montgomery in person . . . and Roger his brother etc. are pledges for the aforesaid Fremount, Philip and Roger. . .

Places mentioned

Wychnor Bridges, [Staffordshire]

Beverleyford (Barley Ford), [Staffordshire]

Fradley, [Staffordshire]

Alrewas, [Staffordshire]

Orgreave, [Staffordshire]

River Trent.

People mentioned

Philip de Mont Gamery (Montgomery)

Fremount

Roger [de Mont Gamery (Montgomery)], brother of Philip.

For a petition by Philip de Montgomery, see SC 8/312/E4

For a similar plaint, see SC 8/115/5750

For other similar plaints from the Staffordshire eyre of 1293, see JUST 1/1553