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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Werkesworth (Wirksworth); Margaret de Wirksworth, wife of Robert de Wirksworth....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/213/10645
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This record is about the Robert de Werkesworth (Wirksworth); Margaret de Wirksworth, wife of Robert de Wirksworth.... dating from [? 1393] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/213/10645
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1393]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Werkesworth (Wirksworth); Margaret de Wirksworth, wife of Robert de Wirksworth.
- Name(s)
- de Werkesworth (Wirksworth); de Wirksworth, Robert; Margaret
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Robert and Margaret Werkesworth state that on the Tuesday before the feast of the Ascension last Percival and William Pensax, Ryvell, Sherman and many others expelled them with force and arms from their house at Ulleskelf, stole and destroyed all their goods and chattels, laid waste to the trees in the garden, and expelled them from their other lands and tenements there. This has been found by inquisition returned in Chancery and sent to the King's Bench, but they do not dare to approach their house or to sue at common law, and Percival refuses to respond to any writ they can purchase. They request that the Pensax, Pensax, Ryvell and Sherman be made to answer before the King and council so that they can have their house back.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because Percival and William Pensax were indicted before the sheriff of Yorkshire and because Percival is a common malefactor in the country, considering that the petitioners cannot have recovery at common law, it is agreed that a writ should be sent to the sheriff of Yorkshire to arrest those named within and bring them before the King's council to answer to the petitioners for the wrongs specified in this petition and to do what the council orders, on pain of £100. Also a writ should be sent to Percival and the others, on their allegiance, to come to make their response, and to receive in the aforesaid form.
- Places mentioned
- Ulleskelf, [West Riding of] Yorkshire.
- People mentioned
- Percival Pensax
- William [Pensax], son of Percival Pensax
- Robert Ryvell
- Robert Sherman
- sheriff of Yorkshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1393, with reference to Select Cases before King's Council, p. 81 and SC 8/146/7254.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition complaining about Pensax, see SC 8/213/10646
For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/146/7254
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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)
- French
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Select Cases before the King's Council, 1243-1482, Ed. I.S. Leadam and J.F. Baldwin, (Selden Society, vol. XXXV, 1918), p.81 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334202/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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