Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 5, 1339-1341. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1901.
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'Close Rolls, Edward III: October 1339', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 5, 1339-1341, (London, 1901) pp. 325. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol5/p325 [accessed 20 April 2024]
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October 1339
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| Oct. 20. Westminster. |
To Richard de Wylughby and his fellows, justices appointed to hold pleas before the king. Whereas Thomas de Haselhawe, late parson of Pokelchurche church, John de Keynesham, clerk, John de Holechurche, clerk, Thomas de la Grene the younger, Adam le Hert the elder and Richard atte Lude arrame before those justices by the king's writ against Peter Corbet, a jury of 24 knights to convict the jurors by whom an inquisition was summoned and afterwards taken at Gloucester before William de Shareshull, one of the justices of the Bench by writ of nisi prius, between Peter and Thomas and the others because the latter followed a plea in the Court Christian concerning the advowson of Siston church, and Thomas and the others besought the king to order the taking of them to be superseded by a mainprise, as by process against them the sheriff of Gloucester was ordered by writ de judicio, to take them, so that they might be able to pursue the attaint, and because of certain causes shown before the council, and because Thomas and the others found the following mainpernors, to wit: Nicholas de Taunton, Thomas Prat, William de Elleworth and Thomas de Haselhawe the younger of co. Somerset, who have undertaken that Thomas and the others will pursue the attaint, and when it is determined they will render themselves to the Flete prison and satisfy the king and Peter for what pertains to them in the premises, and will further do and receive what the king's court shall determine, the king ordered the sheriff of Gloucester to supersede the taking of Thomas and the others by the said mainprise, pending the attaint, and now the king has learned from Thomas and the others that the justices do not permit that taking to be superseded because the record and process of the inquisition taken upon the matter and the mainprise were not received before them, wherefore Thomas and the others have besought the king to provide a remedy, the king orders the justices to take a new mainprise if necessary and cause the taking of Thomas and the others to be superseded according to the form of the order sent to the sheriff. By C. | ||