Thomas of Brotherton, Earl Marshal; Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster; John de...

Petitioners

Thomas of Brotherton, Earl Marshal; Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster; John de Bohun, Earl of Hereford; John de Moubray (Mowbray); Elizabeth de Burgh; William Montagu; Hugh D'Audley (Audley); and other Lords of the March of Wales.

Name(s)

Brotherton, Earl Marshal; Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster; de Bohun, Earl of Hereford; de Moubray (Mowbray); de Burgh; Montagu; D'Audley (Audley), Thomas; Henry; John; John; Elizabeth; William; Hugh

Addressees

King and Council.

Nature of request

The lords of the March state that writs of oyer et terminer are being prosecuted in Gloucestershire and other counties against tenants of their lordships for offences committed within those lordships. These have caused the sheriffs to return that the tenants are not found, resulting in many being outlawed. When these people then pass outside the liberty on their lord's business, they are imprisoned and subject to forfeiture, to their impoverishment and to the prejudice of these lordships. Therefore, the lords request that, when a tenant can prove that the alleged trespass occurred outside the body of the county, a writ be issued to the justices and sheriff to stay the outlawry, and that outlaws may reverse their outlawry as long as the lords agree to uphold the law in their own courts.

Nature of endorsement

Let this petition be seen in Chancery, and all those wishing to plead according to the form of this petition shall have a writ under the great seal according to their plaint.

Places mentioned

Marches of Wales

Gloucestershire.

For a petition on a related matter see SC 8/145/7249

For another petition on the same matter see SC 8/12/562

For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/123/6141

• Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.205 (calendar of petition)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.91 (edition of duplicate petition)