Close Rolls, Henry IV: November 1400 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV: Volume 1, 1399-1402. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1927.

'Close Rolls, Henry IV: November 1400', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV: Volume 1, 1399-1402, (London, 1927) pp. 289. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen4/vol1/p289 [accessed 24 April 2024]

November 1400



	Membrane 23d.
Nov. 28. Westminster.	To John Rocheforde, Hugh Norburgh and Richard Bradle, lately appointed upon the petition of Thomas Symond one of the king's tenants in the lordship of Bolyngbroke, averring that Walter atte Halle and the others named assaulted, beat, wounded and evil entreated him so that his life was despaired of, and so threatened him that for fear of life and limb he dared not a long while abide upon his holding, nor attend to his business there, whereby the king lost the rents and farm thereof due to him, to cause Walter atte Halle, John Goos clerk, Walter Randessoun, William Leverynge and Robert 'Wauterservant atte Halle' to come before them, and to compel them to find mainpernors for whom the said commissioners would answer, who would mainpern that the said Walter and the others should do or procure no hurt or harm to the petitioner, and if they should refuse, to commit them to the nearest gaol until they would do so. Writ of supersedeas omnino by mainprise of John Thorp of Thorp, William Wace, Simon Mewesoun, both of Waynflete, and John Kyme of Skegnes; as they have mainperned in chancery under a pain of 100 marks that the said Walter, John Goos and Robert shall do or procure no hurt or harm to the petitioner, his men or servants, that they shall make no attempt to impair an order made by John Cokayn late the king's chief steward beyond Trent touching certain leats made by Walter atte Halle to the detriment of the king's fisheries at Waynflete, and that they shall amend any attempts so made until debate shall be had before William Gascoigne and other justices of the king appointed to hear and determine the matter whether the same were lawfully or unlawfully made.