John de Kyngesley (Kingsley). de Kyngesley (Kingsley) John Commons. [A large section...

Petitioners

John de Kyngesley (Kingsley).

Name(s)

de Kyngesley (Kingsley), John

Addressees

Commons.

Nature of request

[A large section of this petition is missing, and parts of the remainder are illegible]Kyngesley seeks justice against Venables and his fellows, who have attacked his property in Cheshire. He requests an order to the Justice of Chester to summon his attackers before him, take pledges for their good behaviour and do justice in this matter. He attaches a list of the names of his attackers, and a copy of a similar bond entered into by him to keep the peace towards Venables.

Nature of endorsement

[on face] To be sent to the Lords.[on dorse] Let it be done as desired in this petition.

Places mentioned

Edleston, Cheshire

Shropshire

March of Wales

Acton, Cheshire

Stoke, Cheshire

Hough, Cheshire

Chester, [Cheshire]

Whitchurch, Shropshire

Staffordshire.

People mentioned

William [Venables], son of William Venables

William Venables

[Thomas Beaufort], Duke of Exeter

John Hawardyne, apprentice at law

[Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester.

For a memorandum once attached to this petition see SC 8/119/5929

For a schedule of names once attached to this petition see SC 8/119/5930

For a counter-petition from William, son of William Venables, see SC 8/145/7215

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Hen VI, vol. I, 1422-1429, (Public Record Office, 1933), pp.352-3 (order to the Justice of Chester to summon William Venables and other evildoers to find surety of 1000 marks to keep the peace towards John de Kyngesley)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Parliament of 1427, Appendix, no.8 (calendar of response on Close Roll)