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John de Pavely, knight. de Pavely John King and council in parliament. knight Complaint...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/134/6672

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This record is about the John de Pavely, knight. de Pavely John King and council in parliament. knight Complaint... dating from [1391-1392] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/134/6672
Date
[1391-1392]
Description
Petitioners
John de Pavely, knight.
Name(s)
de Pavely, John
Addressees
King and council in parliament.
Occupation
knight
Nature of request
Complaint that the petitioner is still charged an annual rent at the exchequer for land in Paulerspury, which used to be charged when it was a part of the forest of Whittlewood, but which he should no longer be charged since the disafforestation of his manor and his tenements.
Nature of endorsement
Let the petition be sent into the chancery, and the chancellor, by the authority of parliament, be instructed to do justice to the parties.
Places mentioned
Pury (Paulerspury), [Northamptonshire]
Whittlewood Forest, [Northamptonshire].
People mentioned
Geoffrey le Scrope, justice.
Note
Datable to the parliament of 1391-2 by Rot. Parl., vol. III, p. 298.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), 298 (edition of petition)
  • 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 1391-2, appendix no. 4 (summary of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208854/

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