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John de Fereres (Ferrers). de Fereres (Ferrers) John King and council. Fereres requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E528

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This record is about the John de Fereres (Ferrers). de Fereres (Ferrers) John King and council. Fereres requests... dating from [1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/322/E528
Date
[1307]
Description
Petitioners
John de Fereres (Ferrers).
Name(s)
de Fereres (Ferrers), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Fereres requests remedy and right be done to him as Walter de Langton the treasurer has intervened twice in matters concerning the petitioner against the statutes ordained on those matters and in champerty. In the first case in which Fereres demanded the manor of Newbottle against William Ferrers the treasurer took the manor for life so that he cannot have recovery, and in the second he has caused a suit by which one of the sons of John Bigod impleaded the petitioner to continue when Bigod should have been left without a day because of bastardy.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Newbottle, Northamptonshire
Bugbrooke, [Northamptonshire].
People mentioned
William de Langeton (Langton), Treasurer
William de Fereres (Ferrers)
John Bygod (Bigod)
Ralph [Bygod (Bigod)], son of John Bigod
Gilbert de Roubury, justice of the Bench.
Related material

For a related writ formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/322/E525

For a writ of Bishop Langton formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/322/E526

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/C9529580/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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