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John Man, parson of Pakefield, and William Man, Edmund Man and Warin Man, his brothers....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6284

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This record is about the John Man, parson of Pakefield, and William Man, Edmund Man and Warin Man, his brothers.... dating from [c. 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/126/6284
Date
[c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
John Man, parson of Pakefield, and William Man, Edmund Man and Warin Man, his brothers.
Name(s)
Man; Man; Man; Man, John; William; Edmund; Warin
Addressees
King and Council.
Occupation
parson of Pakefield
Nature of request
The petitioners seek remedy against Benehale and his followers, claiming that they stole goods and chattels from them worth £200. They sued a writ of novel disseisin at Bury St Edmunds, but Benehale and his fellows came to the assize with a great force, attacked, robbed and imprisoned John, beat and wounded Edmund and drove people from the assizes.
Nature of endorsement
Let them have a writ of oyer et terminer on this matter.
Places mentioned
Paggefeld (Pakefield), [Suffolk]
Suffolk
Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
People mentioned
Robert de Benehale (Benahll)
Richard Gorge
Robert de Redesham (Redisham).
Note
The parties made acknowledgements regarding debts owed to each other on 29 May 1331, presumably a later stage in this same episode.
Related material

For transcript, see no.33 of PRO 31/7/96

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5706
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.315 (acknowledgement by the petitioners that they owe £40 to Robert de Benhale, and by Benhale that he owes the petitioners 200 marks)
  • Law and Order in Fourteenth-Century England: The Evidence of Special Commissions of Oyer and Terminer, R. W. Kaeuper, (Whiting & Co., London, 1979), p.748 (reference to petition in context of its response)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208459/

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