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John de Wycumbe (Wycombe). de Wycumbe (Wycombe) John [Not specified]. Wycumbe requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/309/15443

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Reference
SC 8/309/15443
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
John de Wycumbe (Wycombe).
Name(s)
de Wycumbe (Wycombe), John
Addressees
[Not specified].
Nature of request
Wycumbe requests an attaint of a false jury verdict taken in Queen Eleanor's court of Marlborough between himself and William son of Nicholas de Hampton concerning a messuage in Marlborough, before le Rous, Berkeley and Leicester, justices assigned in the county.
Nature of endorsement
Let the record come and afterwards he is to request the attaint.
Places mentioned
Wiltshire
Marlborough, [Wiltshire].
People mentioned
Eleanor [of Provence], Queen of England
William [de Hampton], son of Nicholas de Hampton
Nicholas de Hampton
Roger le Rous, justice
Giles de Barkeleye (Berkeley), justice
Robert de Leycestr' (Leicester), justice.
Note
The petition dates to 1290 since it is on the roll of petitions from the Easter Parliament of this year (PROME, roll 02, appendix, no.111).
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.53b (no.91) (Latin summary of petition)
  • 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.111 (edition and translation of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529040/

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