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Robert de Godesfeld of Sutton; Richard de Godesfeld, brother of the petitioner; John...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E502

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Reference
SC 8/322/E502
Date
[1305 Apr]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Godesfeld of Sutton; Richard de Godesfeld, brother of the petitioner; John Borel, servant of Richard de Godesfeld.
Name(s)
de Godesfeld; de Godesfeld; Borel, Robert; Richard; John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
servant of Richard de Godesfeld
Nature of request
[Petition in three parts:]1) Robert de Godesfeld requests remedy as he was ousted from the manor of Halstead by the Deyncourts and others by force and arms and his subsequent legal proceedings including an oyer and terminer of trespass, and he requests that the justice be commanded to hear and determine the trespass, and that the named justices be able to hear and determine the indictments. He states that Edmund Deyncourt has had his brother and his servant imprisoned though they are not indicted of anything.2) Richard de Godesfeld requests remedy as Deyncourt has had him imprisoned in the castle of Lincoln for 8 days without any indictment.3) Borel makes a similar complaint.1)
Nature of endorsement
Coram toto consilio.2) He should obtain a writ of trespass coram rege in the Common Bench.
Places mentioned
Sutton, Lincolnshire
Halsted (Halstead), Lincolnshire
Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
People mentioned
Edmund de Eyncurt (Deyncourt)
William de Eyncurt (Deyncourt)
Philip Chancy
Edmund Chancy
Isabel [Eyncurt (Deyncourt)], wife of Edmund Deyncourt
Roger de Heyham, justice
Adam de Well, justice
Note
The petition dates to Apr 1305. See CPR; Edw I Vol 4 (1301-07) 357. 28 Apr 1305 The like to Roger de Hegham of Welle and Ranulph de Fryskeneye, on complaint by Robert de Godesfeld of Sutton, that Philip Chancy, Edmund Chancy, Edmund de Eyncourt, William his son, Roger Wythsone and Geoffrey de Benyngworth with others assaulted him at Skykeswald, co. Lincoln. By fine of lOOs. made at the Exchequer.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529554/

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