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Jacomine de Merk, widow of Robert de .... de Merk Jacomine King and council. [Top...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15703
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/331/15703
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Jacomine de Merk, widow of Robert de ....
- Name(s)
- de Merk, Jacomine
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [Top left-hand corner missing] Jacomine de Merk requests remedy because Despenser has released Lachelee from prison. Jacomine brought a writ of oyer and terminer before Maddingley and his companions against Lachelee, by which he was to be imprisoned by the sheriff of Essex until he had made grace to her and the King.
- Nature of endorsement
- She should have a writ to cause the record of the said plea to come before the King, and there justice shall be done according to the contents of the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Essex.
- People mentioned
- Robert de [...]
- Robert de Maddigle (Maddingley), justice
- John de Lachelee
- sheriff of Essex
- Hugh le Despenser the son.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1320. In 1319 there was an oyer and terminer into the petitioner's complaint against Lachelee and others (CPR 1317-20, p. 358). When the decision was made to disinherit the Despensers, one of the charges laid against them was that the younger Despenser had released Lachelee from imprisonment at Colchester for a trespass against the lady of Merk before he had agreed with her for damages (CCR 1318-23, p. 494).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/17/832
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery File 331.
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.147 (order to release Waleys on mainprise for above offence) & p.494 (decision to disinherit Despensers, including that Lachelee was imprisoned at Colchester for a trespass against the lady of Merk when the younger Despenser released him, before he had agreed with the lady for damages)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.358-9 (oyer and terminer into petitioner's complaint against Lachelee, John le Waleys and others) & p.422 (1320 pardon to Waleys for above offence)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683117/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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