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Edward Plantagenet, Duke of Aumale. Plantagenet, Duke of Aumale Edward Council. Edward,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/214/10690

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This record is about the Edward Plantagenet, Duke of Aumale. Plantagenet, Duke of Aumale Edward Council. Edward,... dating from [1398] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/214/10690
Date
[1398]
Description
Petitioners
Edward Plantagenet, Duke of Aumale.
Name(s)
Plantagenet, Duke of Aumale, Edward
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
Edward, Duke of Aumale requests that Biryton, Thornes, Ranes, Alleston and the other Birytons have writs ordering them to appear before the King's council on the octave of St Hillary to answer for their deeds and to make surety of their good behaviour to the duke's servants and tenants, since on the Wednesday before the feast of All Saints in the 22nd year of the King's reign (1398) they, along with 100 other men, came with force and arms to Meole Brace and took the hares and rabbits from the duke's free warren, fished in his river, and assaulted and tried to kill Porter, and between then and St Katherine following often lay in wait to kill Porter, so that he dares not remain in the duke's service.
Nature of endorsement
On 30 November in the 22nd year (1398) the council agreed that writs should be made to William Biryton and the others named within to appear before the council on the octave of St Hillary next to answer in this matter, on pain of an amount to be specified in the same writs by the chancellor.
Places mentioned
Shropshire
Meole Brace, [Shropshire].
People mentioned
William de Biryton the elder of Shropshire
Roger Thornes of Shropshire
Hugh Biryton of Shropshire
Thomas Biryton of Shropshire
William [Biryton], son of William Biryton
William [Biryton], son of Thomas Biryton
John Ranes of Shropshire
John Alleston (Alston) of Shropshire, spicer
Richard de Biryton
Henry Porter, servant and warrener of the Duke of Aumale at Meole Brace.
Note
Dated in the endorsement to 30 November in the twenty-second year of Richard II (1398).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334247/

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