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Richard Lescot (Scot), Thomas de Bromton, John de Galeweye, Thomas de Galeweye, Robert...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/238/11886B

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SC 8/238/11886B
Date
[1336]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Lescot (Scot), Thomas de Bromton, John de Galeweye, Thomas de Galeweye, Robert Hert, Thomas Gategangge, Thomas Haukyn, Hugh Rabas, Adam de Holiensyde, Roger de Felton.
Name(s)
Lescot (Scot); de Bromton; de Galeweye; de Galeweye; Hert; Gategangge; Haukyn; Rabas; de Holiensyde; de Felton, Richard; Thomas; John; Thomas; Robert; Thomas; Thomas; Hugh; Adam; Roger
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioners state that a commission has gone out of Chancery to John de Fennewek and others to arrest them and put them in prison in Nottingham for the death of Roger Lubaud and John Lubaud. They state that they are not guilty of this felony, and were not indicted or appealed of this act. They ask for certain justices to be appointed to inquire into the felony, and that they might be put to answer according to what it found by the inquisition, so that they are not adjudged as felons or put to death or disinherited without response.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire].
People mentioned
John de Fennewek
Roger Lubaud
John Lubaud.
Note
Formerly enclosed with no.27 in C 81/1330, which is dated 30 August 10 Edward III (1336).CPR 1334-8 p.297 is dated 6 June 1336, pp.295-296 is dated 12 June 1336, p.296 is dated 28 June 1336, and pp.357-358 is dated 3 August 1336.
Related material

For the secret seal warrant with which this petition was originally sent to the chancery see no.27 in C 81/1330

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, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.297 (appointment of John de Fennewek and others to arrest the petitioners) & pp.295-296 (two commissions to John de Fennewek and others on this matter) & p.296 (mandate to re-arrest the petitioners, wrongly released on bail) & pp.357-358 (appointment of people to arrest a bailiff of Newcastle, who has allowed Richard Lescot to escape)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335447/

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