Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, John Stafford, Treasurer of England, Edmund Ferrers,...

Petitioners

Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, John Stafford, Treasurer of England, Edmund Ferrers, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, William Wynard, John Weston, William Halle of Devon, William Repyngton and John Aston.

Name(s)

Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; Stafford; Ferrers, Lord Ferrers of Chartley; Wynard; Weston; Halle; Repyngton; Aston, Richard; John; Edmund; William; John; William; William; John

Addressees

[Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester, and the lords of parliament.

Occupation

Treasurer of England

Nature of request

The petitioners state that at the last parliament held at Westminster, it was agreed, at the suit of William, Lord Clinton, that William de la Pole would re-enfeoff William, Lord Clinton or other persons to be nominated by him with all the manors, lands, tenements, rents, services and reversions with which he and his co-feoffees had been enfeoffed by William, Lord Clinton, but, although they are Lord Clinton's nominees, John Aston has been prevented with force and arms from taking possession of the manor of Goldstone in Kent. They request a writ to the justices of the peace in Kent, ordering them to remove the people who are holding Goldstone by force, and to allow them to take possession of this manor and of the other manors assigned to them in Kent, and also a writ to the justices of the peace in Hertfordshire and the other counties where these lands are, and to the Captain of Calais or his Lieutenant, and to the Treasurer, Mayor and other officers of the King there, ordering them to aid the petitioners in taking seisin of their possessions, informing the Duke and lords of the names of any who resist them, so that they may enjoy them peacefully in accordance with the effect of the ordinance.

Nature of endorsement

William de la Pole, Roger Cliderhowe, and Lord Clinton are to be warned to appear before the King's council to be examined on the matter contained in the petition; and the said council is to have power, by authority of parliament, to determine that matter according to their discretions.

Places mentioned

Devon

Calais, [France]

Goldstone, Kent

Hertfordshire.

People mentioned

William de la Pole

William [de Clinton], Lord Clinton and Say

Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester

Thomas Brendrede, attorney of William de la Pole.

or a near-duplicate petition to the commons, see SC 8/198/9869

For a related petition from William, Lord Clinton, see SC 8/24/1164