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Alan Besy; William Fitz Ralph. Besy; Fitz Ralph Alan; William King and council. Besy...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13696

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Reference
SC 8/274/13696
Date
[? 1290]
Description
Petitioners
Alan Besy; William Fitz Ralph.
Name(s)
Besy; Fitz Ralph, Alan; William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Besy and Fitz Ralph and others that are of the ancient demesne of the crown in Grendon request that they be granted a writ before the sheriff of Northampton . . . that they are able to plead in the king's demesne and descend to the country in . . . to enquire of the truth according to what the king's court has ordained as they have been ousted from their land by the Pauntons and others and their goods have been carried away and they have sued in the king's court but still have not been able to come to the country.1)
Nature of endorsement
They should go to Chancery and let the justices be called and they will ordain a remedy for them and all others in similar cases.2) Coram rege in the fifth roll [membrane].
Places mentioned
Grendon, [Northamptonshire].
People mentioned
Philip de Paunton
Isabel de Paunton
Isabel de Mortimer
[Robert] de Role (Roley)
James de Paunton
John de Vaus
Thomas de Weylond.
Note
The petition is dated to? 1290 as a very similar petition from the same petitioners was enrolled on the parliament roll for the Michaelmas parliament in 1290 (Rot. Parl., vol. I, p.60a (no.176)). However, the petition refers back to events in 41 Hen. III, so it is possible that the petition predates that found enrolled on the parliament roll by some years.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.60a (no.176) (Latin summary of a very similar petition by the men of Grendon on the same matter)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no.205 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517643/

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