Richard atte Wode (Wood, Attwood) of Devon and Lettice Bilk of Havering atte Bower....

Petitioners

Richard atte Wode (Wood, Attwood) of Devon and Lettice Bilk of Havering atte Bower.

Name(s)

atte Wode (Wood, Attwood); Bilk, Richard; Lettice

Addressees

William Scott, justice of Newgate gaol.

Nature of request

Richard atte Wode and Lettice Bilk state that because Lettice sued a writ of trespass against John Radyngg, because he had falsely indicted her for robbery - of which she was acquitted - John sued against her falsely by collusion and by way of Holy Church, and had her excommunicated, and arrested and imprisoned in Newgate gaol by a significavit. Richard atte Wode then sued to the Bishop of London to absolve her, but in the meantime John procured a Margery de Beverlee to sue an appeal against Richard and Lettice for the death of her husband in Beverley, although they have never been there, and they are imprisoned in Newgate for this reason, at the King's suit. They request a remedy.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Newgate prison, [London]

Devon

Havering atte Bower, [Essex]

Colchester, Essex

Hertfordshire

Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].

People mentioned

William Scott, justice of Newgate gaol

John Radyngg (Redyngg)

Thomas Wake of Liddell, justice in eyre in Essex and Hertfordshire

[Ralph Stratford], Bishop of London

Margery de Beverlee (Beverley).

For instructions to the Chancellor to provide a remedy for two petitions from Richard atte Wode and Lettice Bylk, see no.15253 of C 81/288

For a related letter, see SC 8/298/14867

For a related petition, see SC 8/298/14865