Thomas Stanford, writer of the Great Seal. Stanford Thomas King and lords of parliament....

Petitioners

Thomas Stanford, writer of the Great Seal.

Name(s)

Stanford, Thomas

Addressees

King and lords of parliament.

Occupation

writer of the Great Seal

Nature of request

[This petition is partly illegible]Thomas Stanford, writer of the Great Seal both in the time of the King's father and of his grandfather, states that by force of a judgment in a plea of trespass he was imprisoned, and has been imprisoned for seventeen years; but that in the record and process of this judgment there are various errors. He asks the King to order John Fortescue, the Chief Justice, to bring the record, process and judgment before the King in the present parliament, and that if any errors are found, the judgment might be reversed.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

People mentioned

[Henry IV], King of England

[Henry V], King of England

John Fortescu (Fortescue), knight, Chief Justice [of King's Bench].

For an earlier petition from the petitioner see SC 8/141/7030

For a related petition see SC 8/27/1307