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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard de Ravenser. de Ravenser Richard King and council. Ravenser requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/215/10736
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/215/10736
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1383]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Ravenser.
- Name(s)
- de Ravenser, Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Ravenser requests that whereas, having amortised certain lands and tenements to the chapter of St John of Beverley which he then recovered for the term of his life, he arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against St Quentin and others who have disseised him of the same lands, but as a result of the threats of St Quentin, Manfeld and others the sheriff of York and bailiff of the franchise of the chapter do not dare to perform their office in this case, and those empanelled in the assize do not dare to approach the justices assigned to hear their verdict, that St Quentin, Manfeld and the others be ordered to appear before the King and council to answer for their contempt in this case and that they find sufficient surety that they will not prevent any officers from performing their offices or disturb the common law in this case.
- Nature of endorsement
- The parties should be called before the chancellor and punished according to the form of the statute made thereon and do and receive what the law demands.
- Places mentioned
- Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Yorkshire.
- People mentioned
- Chapter of St John of Beverley
- Anthony de Seint Quyntyn (St Quentin)
- Robert Manfeld (Manfield).
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), p.394 (writ of supersedeas omnino at suit of Ravenser, with St Quentin and Manfeld as pledges)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334292/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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