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Lawrence Parker of Foulridge in Lancashire. Parker Lawrence Commons of parliament....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/199/9915

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This record is about the Lawrence Parker of Foulridge in Lancashire. Parker Lawrence Commons of parliament.... dating from [? c. 1435-? c. 1470] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/199/9915
Date
[? c. 1435-? c. 1470]
Description
Petitioners
Lawrence Parker of Foulridge in Lancashire.
Name(s)
Parker, Lawrence
Addressees
Commons of parliament.
Nature of request
Lawrence Parker of Foulridge in Lancashire states that certain outlaws and people from foreign counties came by night on the Monday after the feast of Mary Magdalene last to a close belonging to him and stole his horses and cattle; and now they are living in the wood and threatening to kill him so that he is afraid to remain in the country. He asks the commons to ask the King and lords to have the Sheriff of Lancashire instructed to make proclamation that the persons named in this petition should appear before the justices of assize at Lancaster to answer to accusations made against them, both for the King and for the party. And if they do not appear, proclamation should be made that they are to appear before the King's council, on pain of forfeiture of all that they can forfeit, and being put outside the King's protection. And that the council may have power by authority of parliament to determine this matter.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Let it be sent to the lords.[None on dorse]
Places mentioned
Felbrigge (Foulridge), Lancashire
Honessfeld (Hundersfield, Honresfeld), [Lancashire]
Butterworth, [Lancashire]
Castleton, [Lancashire]
Tottington, [Lancashire]
Bury, [Lancashire]
Spotland, [Lancashire]
Lancaster, Lancashire.
People mentioned
James of Walton
Richard of Walton
Henry of Walton
[Missing due to damage to ms] of Walton
Ralph of Walton
William of Doterworth
Geoffrey [of Doterworth], son of William of Doterworth of Hundersfield
James of Atherton
Lawrence of Kirkeshagh of Hundersfield
Ralph of Boterworth (Butterworth) of Butterworth
William of Wordell of Castleton
John Ingam of Castleton
Geoffrey of the Holt of Tottington
Henry of Smethehirst of Bury
Thomas Kay of Bury
James [Kay], son of Thomas Kay of Bury
John Boterworth (Butterworth)
William [Boterworth (Butterworth)], son of John Boterworth
Alexander of the Holt of [...]
John Meryman of Heton
Richard Neubolt of Hundersfield
James Cay of Bury
Thomas [Cay], son of James Cay of Bury
John of Heton of Hundersfield
Edmund of Bukley of Spotland
Robert of Whitacre of Spotland
William of Golyn of Castleton.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295804/

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