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William Felde (Field), master of the college of Fotheringay. Felde (Field) William...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/338/E1210

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Reference
SC 8/338/E1210
Date
1480
Description
Petitioners
William Felde (Field), master of the college of Fotheringay.
Name(s)
Felde (Field), William
Addressees
Lords of the council.
Occupation
master of the college of Fotheringay
Nature of request
Felde complains that Mountford and others arrayed for war and by force and arms entered his close and pasture in Ashton Wood and threw down the hedges and dykes and destroyed the ground and pasture, and daily threaten the petitioner and his servants and tenants who have common in the ground by reason of their tenure to the great damage of the petitioner. He requests that letters of the privy seal are granted to be directed to the evil doers charging them to appear in person before the king and council at a certain place and day and under great pain to answer the premises and other things that shall be laid against them.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:]Let letters be sent as requested of 25 April in the 20th year to appear in the quindene of Trinity at Westminster under pain of £40.[On dorse:]John Heed for the Master and College.
Places mentioned
Fotheringay, [Northamptonshire]
Ashamwode (Ashton Wood), Gloucestershire
Kyrtsowe (Kersoe), Worcestershire
Elmley Castle, Worcestershire
Netherton, Worcestershire
Bengeworth, Worcestershire
Assheton (Ashton under Hill), Gloucestershire
Hynton (Hinton on the Green), Gloucestershire.
People mentioned
William Mounford (Mountford) of Kersoe
John Cole the elder of Kersoe
John Cole the younger of Kersoe
Thomas Stotard of Elmley Castle
Walter More of Netherton
John Ordewye of Bengeworth
John Fulwode (Fulwood) of Ashton under Hill
William Ayleworth of Hinton on the Green
Thomas Ayleworth of Hinton on the Green.
Note
The petition dates to 1480 as the response refers to letters to be issued on 25 April 20 (Edw. IV).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw IV, Edw V and Ric III, 1476-1485, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.224 (unrelated reference to the petitioner as master of the college)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683338/

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