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Richard de Weston; Rose de Weston, wife of Richard de Weston. de Weston; de Weston...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/215/10738

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This record is about the Richard de Weston; Rose de Weston, wife of Richard de Weston. de Weston; de Weston... dating from [c. 1377] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/215/10738
Date
[c. 1377]
Description
Petitioners
Richard de Weston; Rose de Weston, wife of Richard de Weston.
Name(s)
de Weston; de Weston, Richard; Rose
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
Richard and Rose de Weston request that whereas they have sued two writs of error against Farndon before Bealknap and other justices at St Martin-le-Grand in London to redress certain errors contained in two records returned with the wrong judgment in the Hustings of London, by which they were wrongly foreclosed from certain tenements, and the mayor and aldermen of London claim by force of their franchise to have remanded the records into the Hustings, that the justices be ordered to appear before the council to discuss this case and determine whether the franchise is allowable or not, and if it is not allowable that the justices proceed in their judgment and do justice to the petitioners.
Nature of endorsement
The matter of the claim made by those of London before the said justices of the franchise of London was discussed and declared by the prelates, lords and justices in parliament and it was agreed that the justices should proceed in the pleas before them to the final judgment.
Places mentioned
London.
People mentioned
Thomas de Farndon
Robert Bealknap, justice.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1377, with reference to CPR 1377-81, p. 88, a 1377 commission to examine and correct the records of the Hustings in accordance with this petition.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.88 (commission to examine and correct the records of the Hustings in accordance with this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334294/

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