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John de Hereford, parson of the church of West Rasen. de Hereford John King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8567

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Reference
SC 8/172/8567
Date
[1330]
Description
Petitioners
John de Hereford, parson of the church of West Rasen.
Name(s)
de Hereford, John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
parson of the church of West Rasen
Nature of request
Hereford requests an oyer and terminer on Appella and others who ejected him from his church by force, wounded his people, and sold and carried away his goods.
Nature of endorsement
He should come into Chancery and there by making a fine he should have an oyer and terminer before suitable justices.
Places mentioned
West Rasen, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
William de Appella.
Note
The petition is dated to 1330 as the petition is published in Rot. Parl. II from a Hale manuscript which dated the petitions to the parliament held at Westminster after the feast of St Katherine (November 1330) (Rot. Parl. vol. II, p.32a (no.6)).
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.32a (no.6) (full edition of later copy 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.6 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294432/

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