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Hamon de Onyleye (Onneley). de Onyleye (Onneley) Hamon King. Onyleye requests that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/334/E1123

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This record is about the Hamon de Onyleye (Onneley). de Onyleye (Onneley) Hamon King. Onyleye requests that... dating from [c. 1321] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/334/E1123
Date
[c. 1321]
Description
Petitioners
Hamon de Onyleye (Onneley).
Name(s)
de Onyleye (Onneley), Hamon
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Onyleye requests that the bishop of Chester be commanded to receive his purgation notwithstanding his outlawry. He was taken and imprisoned in the gaol of Stafford for the death of Thomas le Clerk, and was delivered to the bishop of Chester by the justices assigned to deliver the gaol [...] of Holy Church and the bishop refused to hear his purgation because he was delivered as an outlaw.
Nature of endorsement
The bishop is not able to accept the purgation of outlawry but if the king has pardoned him the outlawry for the death of le Clerk he can well receive this purgation provided the justice delivers him to him as convicted of it, and therefore he should sue to the king to have a pardon of the outlawry in the present parliament if it seem good to him etc.
Places mentioned
Stafford, [Staffordshire]
Onneley, [Staffordshire].
People mentioned
Thomas le Clerk of Onneley
Bishop of Chester (Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield).
Note
The petition is dated to 1321 as it seems likely that it dates to this because of a pardon of the outlawry probably for this death, though the pardon refers to the victim as Thomas, son of Henry le Carter of Onneley (CPR 1321-4, p.4). There is another petition by the same petition by the same petitioner asking for a pardon of the outlawry, but which does not refer to the details concerning the purgation found in this present petition, and it seems likely that it is a slightly earlier petition (SC 8/133/6623).
Related material

For a copy of the judgment of the gaol delivery, see SC 8/133/6624

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/133/6623

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.4 (pardon of the outlawry, with the name of the victim appearing as Thomas le Carter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683248/

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