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John de Cheswyk (Cheswick). de Cheswyk (Cheswick) John King and council. Cheswyk...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/165/8214

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Reference
SC 8/165/8214
Date
[1330]
Description
Petitioners
John de Cheswyk (Cheswick).
Name(s)
de Cheswyk (Cheswick), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Cheswyk requests that whereas he sued an assize of novel disseisin against Berewell and others of tenements in Beddington and Carshalton, Berewell sued a writ of trespass against him and his wife returnable in the Common Bench, and the sheriff answered that he was not found, by which he had a writ ...
Nature of endorsement
It should be sent to the sheriff, so that if he finds sufficient pledges to appear before the King on his day to answer, that the sheriff should not arrest him; and if he does arrest him, he should deliver him by such mainprise.
Places mentioned
London
Benyngton (Beddington), Surrey
Cresaulton (Carshalton), Surrey.
People mentioned
Richard de Berewell.
Note
Dated to 1330 with reference to Rot. Parl II, p. 50.
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. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.50a (no.78) (full edition of original 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), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp. 31-51, no. 78 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294059/

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