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John de Malteby. de Malteby John King and Council. John de Malteby states that he...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6287

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Reference
SC 8/126/6287
Date
[1319]
Description
Petitioners
John de Malteby.
Name(s)
de Malteby, John
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
John de Malteby states that he was travelling peaceably with Walter de Toutheby close to Worksop, when they were attacked by John, son of William de Gaitford. He requests justices to hear and determine this case, as he is unable to sue outside the county.
Nature of endorsement
[on face, all deleted] Names of the Justices: Thomas de Bekeryng, Walter de Freskeney, Robert de Malberthorp, James de Henton, three or two of them.[on dorse] Assign Gilbert de [deleted]Assign Henry de Baiocis, knight, William de Toutheby, Walter de Freskeneye and Robert de Malberthorp, all, three or two of them of which Walter shall be one, to enquire upon the contents of this petition.They shall do this for a fine of 1 mark.
Places mentioned
Worksop, [Nottinghamshire].
People mentioned
Walter de Toutheby
John [de Gaitford], son of William de Gaitford
William de Gaitford
Thomas de Bekeryng
Walter de Freskeney (Friskeney)
Robert de Malberthorp (Mablethorpe)
James de Henton
Henry de Baiocis (Bayeux), knight
William de Toutheby.
Note
A reference to this petition is found on the roll of the parliament of May 1319 (Docs. Illus. English History, p.52). The names of the justices were clearly changed, the extant names matching those given on the parliament roll.
Related material

For Toutheby's petition on the same incident see SC 8/145/7209

For transcript, see no.54 of PRO 31/7/95

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5715
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Documents Illustrative of English History in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, selected from the Records of the Department of the Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Ed. H. Cole, (Record Commission, 1844), p.52 (reference to petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
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