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Juliana Herberd. Herberd Juliana King. Herberd seeks justice in her dispute with...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5781

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Reference
SC 8/116/5781
Date
[1437-1444]
Description
Petitioners
Juliana Herberd.
Name(s)
Herberd, Juliana
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Herberd seeks justice in her dispute with William Paston, citing extensive details of the case. She states that Paston had wrongfully seized her inheritance from her mother, despite judgements stating that she was the rightful heir, and had imprisoned and threatened her and wasted the lands.[The final section of the document is badly damaged]
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Little Plumstead, [Norfolk]
Norwich, [Norfolk]
Burnham, [Norfolk]
Buxton, [Norfolk]
Great Plumstead, [Norfolk]
Westminster
London
Fleet Street, [London].
People mentioned
William Paston
Henry Herberd of Little Plumstead, father of the petitioner
Margaret [Herberd], mother of the petitioner, daughter and heir of William Palmer
William Palmer
Robert Bressingham, citizen of Norwich
John Colton, citizen of Norwich
John Thornham
Robert Grigge
Ralph, Rector of Burnham
John Roppys
Henry Pye of Buxton
Thomas Marchall (Marshall)
Thomas Erpingham.
Note
Dated to 1437-1444 on the basis of SC 8/116/5771, to which it was apparently once attached.
Related material

For a variant copy of this petition see SC 8/336/15868C

For the petition once attached to this schedule see SC 8/116/5781

For a related memorandum, see SC 8/169/8450

For a related document see SC 8/336/15868B

For a related petition, see SC 8/169/8449

For another copy of that petition see SC 8/336/15868A

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4234
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century, part I, ed. N. Davis, (, 1971), p.7 (reference to dispute with the petitioner in letter of William Paston I)
  • Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteenth Century, part II, ed. N. Davis, (, 1976), pp.509-15 (full edition of variant of this petition and other SC 8 petitions and documents)
  • The Paston Letters, 1422-1509 A.D., vol. I, J. Gairdner, (Chatto & Windus, 1904), pp.34-5 (brief discussion of petitioners claims against Paston) & pp.331-334 (full editions of further petitions by the same petitioner)
  • The Paston Letters, 1422-1509 A.D., vol. II, J. Gairdner, (Chatto & Windus, 1904), pp.26-8 (reference to dispute with the petitioner in letter of William Paston I)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150456/

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