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William Abbot of South Kelsey. Abbot William King and council. William Abbot of South...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/142/7090

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Reference
SC 8/142/7090
Date
[1323-1324]
Description
Petitioners
William Abbot of South Kelsey.
Name(s)
Abbot, William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
William Abbot of South Kelsey states that after the inquest had been held in a plea of trespass in King's Bench in which he impleaded William de Redenesse of Aunsby, Margaret his wife, William and John his sons, and Gilbert Fitz Eustace of Aunsby and Maud his wife, Hervey de Staunton became Chief Justice of King's Bench, and would not render judgment because no date or place was mentioned in the writ of nisi prius which had been issued to hold it - although William claims that it is not usual to put a date or place in such a writ. He requests a writ to Hervey and his companions to render judgment.
Nature of endorsement
Coram magno consilio.He is to sue before the justices etc.
Places mentioned
South Kelsey, [Lincolnshire]
Outhenby (Aunsby), [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
William de Redenesse of Aunsby
Margaret [de Redenesse], wife of William de Redenesse
William [de Redenesse], son of William de Redenesse
John [de Redenesse], son of William de Redenesse
Gilbert Fitz Eustace of Aunsby
Maud [Fitz Eustace], wife of Gilbert Fitz Eustace
Henry le Scrop (le Scrope), Chief Justice of King's Bench
Robert de Malberthorp, justice of King's Bench
Hervey de Staunton, Chief Justice of King's Bench.
Note
Hervey de Staunton was appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench in July 1323. The judgment in William Abbot's case was to have been given a month after the Michaelmas before this petition was presented - this must then have been Michaelmas 1323, and this petition must date from 1323-1324.
Related material

For transcript, see no.114 of PRO 31/7/97

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Select Cases in the Court of King's Bench, vol. II, Edw I, Ed. G.O. Sayles, (Selden Society, vol. LVII, 1938), p.cli (entry z) (full edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209269/

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