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Geoffrey Larblaster. Larblaster Geoffrey King and council. Geoffrey Larblaster states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/120/5999
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/120/5999
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1300-1308]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Geoffrey Larblaster.
- Name(s)
- Larblaster, Geoffrey
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Geoffrey Larblaster states that he brought an assize of novel disseisin against Matthew Fitz John and Thomas de Ralegh, complaining that they had disseised him of the right of wardship of all the animals taken in Devon, of which he and his ancestors had been seised from time immemorial. Thomas de Ralegh, now Sheriff of Devon, answered that there should be no assize, as he found the King seised of this wardship when he entered office - whereas Geoffrey claims that the King was never seised of it. Geoffrey requests benefit of the first statute of Westminster, providing a remedy for those disseised by the King's servants, but the justices refuse to hold the assize. Geoffrey requests a special writ to the justices to hold the assize, and then to proceed to judgment, notwithstanding that the Sheriff is a party, as they will do nothing for a writ of Chancery.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to sue in Chancery to have the justices ordered to proceed as swiftly as possible, according to the law and custom etc.
- Places mentioned
- Exeter, Devon
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Hervey de Staunton
- Roger de Suthcote
- Matthew Fitz John
- Thomas de Ralegh, Sheriff of Devon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Thomas de Ralegh was Sheriff of Devon between 1 October 1300 and 16 April 1306, and between 14 December 1307 and 5 December 1308, so this petition must belong to one of these periods.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 4985
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150693/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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