Thomas Staunford (Stamford) of Bristol. Staunford (Stamford) Thomas Duke of Bedford,...

Petitioners

Thomas Staunford (Stamford) of Bristol.

Name(s)

Staunford (Stamford), Thomas

Addressees

Duke of Bedford, Guardian of England and the lords of parliament.

Nature of request

Thomas Staunford of Bristol states that Thomas Norton of Bristol the elder and his sons Thomas and Walter lay in wait for him at Bristol to murder him, and succeeded in wounding him almost to death; for which they were indicted before James Cokkes, Mayor of Bristol and David Ruddok, Sheriff of Bristol, and these indictments were sent before King's Bench. In order to ruin the petitioner, and also to disrupt a formedon that he is suing in the name of his mother, Thomas Norton and his sons have presented various petitions to parliament, which are now before the council to be heard and determined. Thomas Staunford asks that, as these matters can be determined at common law, and as the petitions are not reasonable, Thomas Norton might be sent back to the common law, and that he might be dismissed by the council without being put to answer further on this, or else that he might answer these petitions by his counsel before the council, according to the course of common law.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Bristol.

People mentioned

[John of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford

Thomas Norton of Bristol the elder

Thomas [Norton] of Bristol, son of Thomas Norton of Bristol

Walter [Norton] of Bristol, son of Thomas Norton of Bristol

Richard, servant of Thomas Norton the elder

James Cokkes, Mayor of Bristol

David Ruddok, Sheriff of Bristol.

For a later petition by Thomas Staunford, see SC 8/198/9897

For a related petition from Thomas Staunford and his father, see SC 8/141/7033

For transcript, see no.40 of PRO 31/7/114

For a later petition by Thomas Norton on this matter, see SC 8/27/1307