Piece
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
John Syggyswyke. Syggyswyke John King. Syggyswyke complains that Wycliffe came with...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/338/E1207
What’s it about?
This record is about the John Syggyswyke. Syggyswyke John King. Syggyswyke complains that Wycliffe came with... dating from [1480] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/338/E1207
-
Date (When the record was created)
- [1480]
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
- Petitioners
- John Syggyswyke.
- Name(s)
- Syggyswyke, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Syggyswyke complains that Wycliffe came with armed men while he was hearing divine service in the feast of St Martin in Winter, in the 18th year, and with force and arms waited upon him from which he only escaped with great fear, he being old and broken. He later sent four of his servants armed to his demesne and they took his oxen and pastured them and awaited the petitioner and his son to kill them. He does this to force the petitioner to sell his land, and Syggyswyke is not of great power, and Wycliffe is and does not fear the king's laws. Syggyswyke requests that he is granted letters of the privy seal directed to Robert Wycliffe commanding him, on a certain pain, to appear before the king and the lords of his council on a specified day to answer the premises.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]Let letters be sent according to the request on 6th May in the 20th year to appear at Westminster in the quindene of Trinity under pain of £40.[On dorse].John Syggyswyke against Robert Wycliffe.
- Places mentioned
- Wycliffe, [North Riding of] Yorkshire
- Thorpe, [North Riding of] Yorkshire
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Robert Wyclyff (Wycliffe).
-
Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1480 as the response refers to letters to be issued on 6 May 20 (Edw. IV).
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683335/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
74,884 records
Within the department: SC
Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...
18,283 records
Within the series: SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
71 records
Within the piece: SC 8/338
E 1193-E 1261. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...
You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/338/E1207
John Syggyswyke. Syggyswyke John King. Syggyswyke complains that Wycliffe came with...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.