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Thomas Congreve. Congreve Thomas King. Congreve, who for over 24 years was seised...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15865

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SC 8/336/15865
Date
[1435]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Congreve.
Name(s)
Congreve, Thomas
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Congreve, who for over 24 years was seised of a manor and lands in Rickmansworth in right of his wife by her joint estate with her late husband, requests remedy against Lynster, Shappe, Winchester, Watter and Clerk who, with other unknowns, arrayed for war, entered the manor and lands, beat him, his wife, children and household and destroyed all his household goods. The chancellor, hearing of this, sent Kirkby to capture the men, but they hid in the woods until he was gone and then broke the gates and entered the lands again, He asks that writs of proclamation be directed to the sheriff ordering the said men to come before the council or chancellor to answer for their actions against him, and that he and his wife be restored to their possession of the manor and lands.
Nature of endorsement
In February in the 13th year at Westminster it was agreed that the lords of the council should cause the parties to come before them to do justice on the matters of this petition. Those present: Gloucester, Cardinal, York, Ely, Lincoln, Huntingdon, Suffolk, Hungerford, Tiptot, Bath, the chancellor, Cromwell, the treasurer and the keeper of the privy seal.
Places mentioned
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
St Bartholomew [by the Exchange] parish, [London]
Hertford, [Hertfordshire]
Westminster.
People mentioned
Jankyn Lynster
John Shappe
Roger Wynchestre (Winchester)
John Watter
Roger Clerk, late of St Bartholomew by the Exchange
Nicholas Rykhill, late sheriff of Hertfordshire
Elizabeth Lynster, wife of the petitioner
Thomas Stokdale (Stockdale)
[John Stafford, bishop of Bath and Wells], chancellor
John Kyrkby (Kirkby), justice of the peace in Hertfordshire
John Durward, squire, late sheriff of Hertfordshire
Henry [Lynster], brother of Jankyn Lynster.
Note
The endorsement is dated February 13 Henry VI.
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/C9736251/

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