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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Benson, son and heir of Robert Benson, and William Marden and William Hawkynes...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/192/9596
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/192/9596
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1553]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Benson, son and heir of Robert Benson, and William Marden and William Hawkynes (Hawkins), tenants of Richard Benson.
- Name(s)
- Benson; Marden; Hawkynes (Hawkins), Richard; William; William
- Addressees
- Queen.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that they were in dispute in Chancery with Ambrose Barker the elder about certain lands in Chignall in Essex, part of the manor of Chignall, and that last April a writ was sent to Ambrose to allow them to enjoy these tenements peacefully until the dispute was resolved; but that on the last day of July, and on the second, third and fourth days of the present month of August, Ambrose Barker the younger and others, at the command of Ambrose Barker the elder, forcibly entered various parts of these lands and carried off the crops of William Hawkynes, contrary to the writ, and trusting in the Queen's free pardon shortly to be granted to them. Ambrose Barker the elder has also refused to repair the fences round his pastures in Chignall, but nevetheless has impounded the pigs and other livestock of William Marden that have wandered onto these pastures, forcing him to pay heavily to replevy them, and, now, knowing that William Marden cannot at present replevy his livestock because all commissions and patents of Sheriffs are currently void, has on 29 July impounded a horse belonging to him. And because these offices are now suspended, the petitioners have no remedy at common law. They ask the Queen to grant a writ or letter of injunction to Ambrose Barker to return the horse and not to trouble William Marden further until the matter is resolved, to restore the goods taken from William Hawkynes, and to appear and answer to the aforesaid.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Chignall, Essex.
- People mentioned
- Robert Benson
- Ambrose Barker the elder
- Thomas [Goodrich], Bishop of Ely and Chancellor of England
- Ambrose Barker the younger
- Robert Banaster
- Henry Byrley
- William Stretes
- Dennis Leys
- [...] Byrley.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Mention of the current month of August, and of Thomas Goodrich, Chancellor of England between January 1552 and August 1553, dates this petition to August 1553.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295481/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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