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John de Balum. de Balum John [King and] council. [The petition is damaged with large...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/343/16184

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SC 8/343/16184
Date
[c. 1295-1307]
Description
Petitioners
John de Balum.
Name(s)
de Balum, John
Addressees
[King and] council.
Nature of request
[The petition is damaged with large holes throughout the document].Balum complains of Mortimer who has had his ministers seize the petitioner's goods and had him imprisoned and prosecuted. Afterwards he was acquitted of the charge, and sued a writ for restoration of his lands and chattels to the sheriff of Hereford, and after he was put in seisin, the men of Mortimer came to his house and wounded him [...]. He requests remedy.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Herefordshire
Much Marcle, [Herefordshire].
People mentioned
Edmund Mortymer (Mortimer), minister of the king and warden [...] of the Marches.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1295-1307 for the petitioner seems to have been hanged for felony for felony in or before 1307 (CCR 1302-7, pp.489, 499).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 30 Oct. 1924).
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), pp.489, 499 (references to the hanging of the petitioner for felony)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736665/

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