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- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 030
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 030d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 030d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 103d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 112d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 116d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 122d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 123d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 126
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 126
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 131
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 136
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 138
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 141
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 148
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 151
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 151
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 154
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 154
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 158
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 159
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 165
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 195
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 195d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 274d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 279d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 280
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 316d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 321
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 322
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 327d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 329d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 334
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 335d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 337d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 338d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 340
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 343
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 343d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 344
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 352d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 362d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 403
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 403d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 423d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 430d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 431
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 456d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 459d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 463
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 468
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 478
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 479
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 479
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 479d
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 480
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 030
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Trespass (force and arms)
Damages claimed: £10
Case type: Housebreaking; Taking of goods
Pleading: Thomas Burgh states that on 6 April 1464, William Wychelyng forcibly broke into his house in London and took and carried off goods and chattels worth 10m, namely a sword decorated with gold and four small linen sheets. This was against the peace, and to his damage of £10.
Pleading: WW denies responsibility for this trespass as claimed. Parties on country, jury here at octave of the Purification. Pledges named for defendant.
Postea text: Sheriff did not send writ, to quindene of Easter 1466.
Type | Place | Date |
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House-breaking Taking of Goods |
Holy Trinity the Less < Queenhithe Ward < London < England | (initial) 06/04/1464 |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 030d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 100s
Damages awarded: 6s 8d
Case type: Bond
Pleading: John Barkeby states that on 3 May 1465, in London, William Flegge made a bond with him in £4, payable at the Nativity of St John the Baptist then next, but has not paid, to his damage of 100s. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: WF granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of JB.
Pleading: [continued at Easter 1466, rot 248] WF admits the action, and that he owes the debt as claimed. Order that JB recover debt, and damages of 6s 8d. WF not amerced, as came on the first day.
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/819, rot 248.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Sepulchre without Newgate < Farringdon Ward Without < London < England |
(initial) 03/05/1465 (due) 24/06/1465 < St John the Baptist, Nativity of |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 030d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Essex
Writ type: Trespass (force and arms)
Damages claimed: 100s
Case type: Housebreaking; Taking of goods
Pleading: Roger Radclyff states that on 14 June 1465, Richard Cole forcibly broke his close and house in Chingford and took and carried off goods and chattels worth [lost] marks, namely 12 quarters of wheat, against the peace, and to his damage of 100s.
Pleading: RC granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of RR. Pledges named for defendant.
Type | Place | Date |
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House-breaking Taking of Goods |
Chingford < Essex < England | (initial) 14/06/1465 |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 103d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £40
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Thomas Fetherstone states that on 23 October 1460, in London, William Wynchecombe, abbot of Winchcombe, made a bond with him in £220, payable on 31 December then next, but has not paid, to his damage of £40. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: Abbot Thomas granted licence to imparl, to quindene of Easter.
Postea text: 7 further licences to imparl, to octave of Hilary 1468.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Stephen Walbrook < Walbrook Ward < London < England |
(initial) 23/10/1460 (due) 31/12/1460 |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 112d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Cornwall
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £50
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Henry Gillyot states that on 31 May 1463, at Helston, John Dogowe, now deceased, made a bond with him in £110, payable at Michaelmas 1464. However, he did not pay during his lifetime, and nor has the defendant Thomas Tomyowe, his executor, or his fellow executors, to his damage of £50. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: TT granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Pleading: [continued at Easter 1466, rot 109] TT, together with JK, RC, RW and WB [all now defendants], all by attorney RF, state that they were never executors of JD, and never administered any goods formerly of JD as his executors as claimed.
Pleading: HG states that the defendants, after the death of JD, administered various goods formerly of JD as his executors, namely at Lostwithiel and Penryn. Enquiry by country, jury of Lostwithiel and Penryn here at octave of Trinity.
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/819, rot 109. See also related cases on CP 40/813 rot 116 and CP 40/816 rots 105, 112d.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | Helston < Cornwall < England |
(initial) 31/05/1463 (due) 29/09/1464 < Michaelmas |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 116d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £10
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Thomas Byryton, administrator of the goods of Nicholas Shetton, deceased, states that at the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross [3 May] 1439, in London, John Hervy made a bond with Nicholas Shetton and his then wife Beatrice, also now deceased, in £20, payable at Easter then next. However, he did not pay Nicholas and Beatrice during her lifetime, or NS after BS's death, or the plaintiff, to whom administration of NS's goods was granted by John Reedhill, bachelor of both laws, canon of Salisbury and Lichfield cathedrals, and commissary general of William, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. This is to his damage of £10. He shows the bond in court, and the letters of administration.
Pleading: JH granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Pleading: [continued at Trinity 1466, rot 356d] JH states that TB ought not maintain his action, as after the making of the bond, at Shrewsbury at Michaelmas [year omitted], NS, as NS, burgess of Shrewsbury, by a document which he shows in court, released and quitclaimed to JH and his wife Margaret all personal actions outstanding against them.
Pleading: TB states that this release was not of NS's making. Enquiry by country, sheriff of Shropshire to have jury here at quindene of Michaelmas. Release in custody of John Fogge.
Postea text: Further licence to imparl to octave of Trinity 1466.
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/820, rot 356d.
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 122d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Middlesex
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £10
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Thomas Lacy states that on 20 November 1457, at Westminster, Richard Coton, now deceased, made a bond with him in £8 14s, payable at Easter then next, and on 5 December 1460 he made another bond in £20, payable at Trinity then next. Of this total of £28 14s RC satisfied him of 14s during his lifetime, but has not paid the remaining £28, and nor has his widow Margaret, to whom administration was granted by John, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, either while she was single or after her marriage to William Seyntiorge. This is to his damage of £10. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: WS and Margaret, by attorney [name omitted] granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of TL.
Pleading: [continued at Michaelmas 1466, rot 342d] WS and MS state that TL ought not have his action, since Margaret has fully administered all the goods formerly of RC, and they have nothing left in their hands, and had nothing on the day of TL's original writ or afterwards.
Pleading: TL states that on the day of his original writ, namely [date omitted], the plaintiffs had various goods formerly of RC still in their hands to the value of the debt, by which he could have been satisfied, namely at Westminster. Enquiry by the country, jury here at octave of Hilary. [Marginal note records that the case had no day beyond the octave of Hilary 1467]
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/821, rot 342d.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | Westminster < Middlesex < England |
(initial) 05/12/1460 (due) 31/05/1461 < Trinity |
Bond | Westminster < Middlesex < England |
(initial) 20/11/1457 (due) 02/04/1458 < Easter |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 123d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Surrey
Writ type: Trespass (against statute)
Damages claimed: £10
Case type: Breach of Statute; Contract (service/employment)
Pleading: Thomas John, citing the terms of the Statute of Labourers, states that at Michaelmas 1463, in London, he retained Hugh Fulkemere to serve him as a brewer for one year, at an annual salary of 33s 4d and one robe worth 6s 8d. However, at Corpus Christi 1464, in Southwark, HF left his service, before the end of this period, without reasonable cause and licence, in contempt of the king, against the form of the statute and to his damage of £10.
Pleading: HF granted licence to imparl to Easter three weeks. Pledges named for defendant.
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 126
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 100s
Damages awarded: 6s 8d
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Nicholas Sharp states that on 2 March 1457, in London, John Fust made a bond with him in £93 6s 8d, payable on 2 September 1458, but has not paid, to his damage of 100s. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: JF admits the action, and that the bond is of his making as claimed. Order that NS recover debt and damages assigned at 6s 8d. JF amerced.
Case notes: Parish and ward inconsistent. See also further case on rot 280 and rot 329d.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Peter Westcheap < Cheap Ward < London < England |
(initial) 02/03/1457 (due) 02/09/1458 |
Individual | Status | Occupation | Place | Role |
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John Fust (m) | Gentleman | Warnham < Sussex < England | Defendant | |
Nicholas Sharp (m) | Esquire | Plaintiff |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 126
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Surrey
Writ type: Debt (other)
Damages claimed: 40s
Case type: Debt; Real action / rents / damage to real estate
Pleading: Ralph Legh states that at Christmas 1463, at Newington, he demised to Thomas Gresham a certain pasture called 'Chyrchefeld' (Church Field), a croft called 'le Pynfold' and a croft called 'Lorymer' (Lorimoor, Lorrimore, Larrow Moor) with appurtenances in Newington, to hold for one year at a rent of 40s. TG held this property for this period, but has not paid this 40s, to his damage of 40s.
Pleading: TG granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of RL.
Postea text: 16 further licences to imparl, to quindene of Easter 1470.
Case notes: county heading lost, presumably Surrey.
Type | Place | Date |
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Rental Agreement | Newington < Surrey < England |
(initial) 25/12/1463 (due) 25/12/1464 < Christmas |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 131
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 100s
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Edmund Kervyle states that on 11 August 1458, in London, John Kyrkeby, now deceased, made a bond with him in £17 6s 8d, payable on the vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1460. However, JK did not pay this, and nor has his executor John Clerk, to his damage of 100s. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: JC states that EK ought not maintain his action, since he was never executor of the will of JK, and never administered any of his goods.
Pleading: EK states that JC administered various goods formerly of JK as his executor, namely in the parish of St Michael Cornhill in Cornhill ward, London. Enquiry by country, jury here at octave of the Purification.
Postea text: Sheriff did not send writ, to quindene of Easter 1466.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Michael Cornhill < Cornhill Ward < London < England |
(initial) 11/08/1458 (due) 24/03/1460 |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 136
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Coventry
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 40s
Case type: Bond
Pleading: William Shukburgh and John Haynes state that on 5 January 1465, at Coventry, Thomas Bate made a bond with them in £10, payable at Easter then next, but has not paid, to their damage of 40s. They show the bond in court.
Pleading: TB seeks to hear the bond and endorsement, and these are read in court. The condition of the bond is such that if Robert Falke and Thomas Bate should pay WS and JH £3 10s at Easter 1465, and 42s 6d at the Nativity of St John the Baptist or within 8 days of that feast, another 42s 6d at Michaelmas 1465 or within 8 days, and another 42s 6d at Christmas or within 8 days, then the bond shall be cancelled; otherwise it should remain in force. Having heard this, TB states that WS and JH ought not have their actions, since he paid the £3 10s due at Easter, the 42s 6d due at the Nativity of St John the Baptist and the 42s 6d due at Michaelmas 1465, according to the condition of the bond.
Pleading: WS and JH, protesting that TB did not pay any of these sums of money at the said feasts, state that TB did not pay them the £3 10s due at Easter 1465, according to the terms of the condition. Enquiry by country, jury here at quindene of Easter 1466. Pledges named for defendant.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | Coventry < Warwickshire < England |
(initial) 05/01/1465 (due) 14/04/1465 < Easter |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 138
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Trespass (force and arms)
Damages claimed: £40
Damages awarded: £35
Costs: 60s
Case type: Taking of goods
Pleading: William Heynes, Thomas Pylche and John Seman, executors of Thomas Heynes, state that on 16 October 1460, in London, John Worthy forcibly took and carried away two documents, namely two bonds in each of which JW was bound to TH in £15. This has delayed the execution of the will, was against the peace and to their damage of £40. They show in court the testamentary letter of TH, by which they are executors and have administration.
Pleading: JW denies responsibility for this trespass as claimed. Parties on country, jury here at quindene of Easter. Pledges named for defendant.
Postea text: Process continued, jury in respite to quindene of Martinmas 1466, nisi prius they come before Robert Danby, CJCP, at St Martin le Grand on the Friday after Martinmas (14 November) 1466. On this day, the executors came by attorney, justices sent record that on that day, before RD and Thomas Danby, justices, executors came by attorney, JW did not come, in default. Jury say that JW was responsible for the whole of the trespass as claimed. Damages assigned at £35, costs at 60s. Order that executors recover damages. JW and pledges to be taken.
Postea text: Pledges come in person and seek to make fine with the king. Granted, at 3s 4d each, by pledge of Nicholas Crome and Augustine Elsy. Therefore, pledges quit.
Type | Place | Date |
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Taking of Goods | St Dunstan in the West < Farringdon Ward Without < London < England | (initial) 16/10/1460 |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 141
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (other)
Damages claimed: 10m
Case type: Debt; Real action / rents / damage to real estate
Pleading: William Hacon states that on 20 October 1459, in London, John Curle bought from him 8 acres of land with appurtenances in Whinburgh for 5m, payable at Michaelmas then next, but has not paid, to his damage of 10m.
Pleading: JC states that he does not owe WH this or any money as claimed. Makes his law immediately. Order that WH take nothing, amerced for false claim, JC sent without day.
Case notes: Non payment of agreed sum for purchase of land.
Type | Place | Date |
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Property Transfer | St Giles without Cripplegate < Cripplegate Ward < London < England |
(initial) 20/10/1459 (due) 29/09/1459 < Michaelmas |
Individual | Status | Occupation | Place | Role |
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John Curle (m) | Husbandman | Whinburgh < Norfolk < England | Defendant | |
Peter Benet (m) | Attorney of plaintiff | |||
William Hacon (m) | Plaintiff |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 148
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £20
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Margaret, widow and executor of John Castelman, himself the executor of Margaret, widow of Robert Hoberd, states that on 18 May 1435, in London, Elias Swerder, now deceased, made a bond with Margaret Hoberd in £40, payable at Michaelmas then next. However, ES did not pay this, and nor has the defendant William Swerder, to whom administration was granted by Thomas, bishop of London, either to Margaret herself, or to her executor John Castelman, nor to Margaret Castelman herself, his widow and executor. This is to her damage of £20. She shows the bond in court, and the testamentary letters of both Margaret Hoberd and John Castelman, by which JC was executor of MH, and she herself is executor of JC.
Pleading: WS states that MC ought not maintain her action, as he never had administration of the goods and chattels formerly of ES.
Pleading: MC states that administration of the goods formerly of ES was granted to WS by Thomas, bishop of London, in the parish of St Mildred Poultry in Cheap ward, as she claimed. Enquiry by country, jury here at quindene of Easter.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Mildred Poultry < Cheap Ward < London < England |
(initial) 18/05/1435 (due) 29/09/1435 < Michaelmas |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 151
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Suffolk
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 100s
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Thomas Roller states that on 22 April 1465, at Bury St Edmunds, John Baron made a bond with him in 7m, payable at the feast of St Mary Magdalene then next, but has not paid, to his damage of 100s. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: JR granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Postea text: 12 further licences to imparl, to quindene of Easter 1469.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | Bury St Edmunds < Suffolk < England |
(initial) 22/04/1465 (due) 22/07/1465 |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 151
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £10
Damages awarded: 20s
Case type: Bond
Pleading: John Druell and Lawrence Warde state that on 29 March 1465, in London, John Wyndham made a bond with them in £25, payable in St Paul's Cathedral at the Nativity of St John the Baptist then next, but has not paid, to their damage of £10. They show the bond in court.
Pleading: JW granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Pleading: [continued at Easter 1466, rot 157d] JW states that this bond is not of his making. Parties on country, jury here at Easter five weeks. Bond in custody of John Fogge.
Postea text: Sheriff did not send writ, to quindene of Trinity 1466
Postea text: Process continued, jury in respite to octave of Hilary 1467. On this day, parties come by attorneys, JW releases his statement, and admits the action and that the bond was of his making. Order that plaintiffs recover debt, and damages of 20s. JW amerced.
Postea text: Plaintiffs come by attorney, acknowledge satisfaction of debt and damages. JW quit.
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/819, rot 157d.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Faith under St Paul's < Farringdon Ward Within < London < England |
(initial) 29/03/1465 (due) 24/06/1465 < St John the Baptist, Nativity of |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 154
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £10
Damages awarded: 20s
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Thomas Bygge states that on 21 July 1464, in London, William Cantelowe made a bond with him in £20, payable at Michaelmas then next, but has not paid, to his damage of £10. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: WC granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of TB.
Postea text: Parties come by attorney, Attorney of WC asked to answer, but says that he is not informed of any response. WC therefore remains without defence. Order that TB recover debt, and damages of 20s. WC amerced.
Case notes: See also similar case on same rotulet.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Giles without Cripplegate < Cripplegate Ward < London < England |
(initial) 21/07/1464 (due) 29/09/1464 < Michaelmas |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 154
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £10
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Thomas Bygge states that on 21 July 1464, in London, Robert Conyers made a bond with him in £20, payable at Michaelmas then next, but has not paid, to his damage of £10. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: RC granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of TB.
Case notes: See also similar case on same rotulet.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Giles without Cripplegate < Cripplegate Ward < London < England |
(initial) 21/07/1464 (due) 29/09/1464 < Michaelmas |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 158
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 100s
Damages awarded: 6s 8d
Costs: 33s 4d
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Alice Bangor states that on 5 February 1464, in London, William Alyngton made two bonds with her, each in 60s, payable at the feasts of the Nativity of St John the Baptist 1464 and 1465 respectively. However, he has not paid, to her damage of 100s. She shows the bonds in court.
Pleading: WA granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Pleading: [continued at Easter 1466, rot 153] WA asks to hear the bonds and their endorsements, and these are read in court. The condition of the bond due at the Nativity of St John the Baptist 1464 is that if WA should pay AB 60s as follows, namely 30s at the said feast and 30s at Martinmas 1464, without delay, then the bond shall be cancelled; otherwise it should remain in force. The condition of the other bond states that if WA should pay AB 60s as follows, namely 30s at the said feast of St John the Baptist 1465 and 30s at the following Martinmas, then again the bond shall be cancelled; otherwise it would remain in force. Having heard these, WA states that AB ought not have her action, as he paid AB all the sums specified at the feasts noted in the endorsements, in the parish of St Michael le Querne in London.
Pleading: AB, protesting that WA did not pay any of the sums contained in the endorsements as claimed, states that WA did not pay her the 30s due at the Nativity of St John the Baptist 1464, or that due at the Nativity of St John the Baptist 1465, as contained in the endorsements.
Pleading: WA states that he paid AB both these sums, according to the terms of the endorsements. Parties on country, jury here at quindene of Trinity.
Postea text: Sheriff did not send writ, to octave of St John the Baptist 1466.
Postea text: Process continued, jury in respite to Michaelmas one month 1466, nisi prius they come before Robert Danby, CJCP, at St Martin le Grand on 24 October 1466. On this day, AB came by attorney, justices sent record that on that day, before RD and Thomas Danby, parties came by attorneys, jury said that WA did not pay AB either of the two sums of 30s, as AB had claimed. Damages assigned at 6s 8d, costs at 26s 8d. Order that AB recover debt, the 33s 4d damages assigned by the jury, and a further 6s 8d costs assigned by the court, to a total of 40s. WA amerced.
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/819, rot 153.
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 159
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Kent
Writ type: Trespass (against statute)
Damages claimed: £100
Case type: Breach of Statute; Real action / rents / damage to real estate
Pleading: John Goldwell amerced for many defaults. Thomas Iden, citing the statute of 5 Richard II against unlawful entry into property (Stat Realm, 5 Ric II, c. 7) , states that on 20 September 1465, John Goldwell entered into his manor of Fawkham without lawful right, in contempt of the king, against the form of the statute and to his damage of £100.
Pleading: John G states that TI ought not have his action, as long before the alleged unlawful entry, and before TI had anything in that manor, a certain William Rotheley, Nicholas Sebyle and William Swan were seised of the manor with appurtenances in their demesne as of fee, and thus seised they enfeoffed the manor to the defendant John G and a certain John Scot and James Goldwell and their heirs in perpetuity, by virtue of which they were seised in their demesne as of fee. And TI claimed the manor by virtue of a certain charter of demise made to him for life by WR, NS and WS before the said enfeoffment to John G, JS and James G, even though nothing within that manor ever passed to TI by virtue of that demise. Nevertheless, TI entered into the manor, upon the possession of John G, JS and James G, and at the time of the alleged entry he re-entered into the manor, together with JS and James G, as seemed right.
Pleading: TI, not acknowledging anything said by John G, states that he should not be precluded from his action, since long before the enfeoffment to John G, JS and James G by WR, NS and WS, the said WR, NS and WS, together with John Hill and Thomas Heth, were seised of the said manor with appurtenances in their demesne as of fee, and thus seised, at Fawkham, demised the manor to a certain John Donet and his wife Alice, to hold for the term of their lives, with remainder to Alexander Ideme and his heirs in perpetuity. By virtue of this demise, JD and AD were seised in their demesne as of free tenement. AI had issue, the plaintiff TI, and later died. JD and AD were seised of the manor, and demised it to WR, NS and WS, to hold at the will of JD, by virtue of which they were in possession. They thus had possession, and then enfeoffed John G, JS and James G, as John G has alleged, by virtue of which John G, JS and James G were seised in their demesne as of fee. JD and AD later died, and TI judged the enfeoffment to be to his disinheritance, and he entered into the manor as son and heir of AI, upon the possession of John G, JS and James G.
Pleading: John G agrees that WR, NS, WS, JH and TH were seised of the manor in their demesne as of fee, as TI alleged. However, he says that by virtue of an indented charter, of which he presents part, sealed by WR, NS, WS, JH and TH, dated at Fawkham on 30 November 1455, the property was demised to JD and AD for their lives or either of them surviving, with remainder to AI, by name of Alexander Edenne, his heirs and assigns, under the following conditions, namely that if AI should pay JD £40 as follows, namely 10m at Christmas 1455, 10m at Christmas 1456, and so on until the £40 is paid, and if AI should keep all the houses and other parts of the manor in the condition in which they were in at the time of the agreement during the life of the said JD and AI, then the property should remain to AI. However, should he fail in any of these payments or maintenance, then the remainder shall be cancelled, and JH, WR, NS, WS and TH shall re-enter, the agreement notwithstanding. By virtue of this demise JD and AD were seised in their demesne as of free tenement, and John G, protesting that AI, his heirs etc, did not keep the property in the same good state as at the time of the making of the agreement, state that at the time of the making of the agreement a certain house, namely a grange called a 'pesebern', parcel of the manor, was in good repair, both in its timber and its roof, but AI and his heirs etc did not keep it in good repair, and it was in ruin and the roof had fallen in during the life of JD and AD. JH and TH later died, and WR, NS and WS, surviving, re-entered the manor for default of the said repairs, as seemed good, and were seised in their demesne as of fee. Thus seised they enfeoffed John G, JS and James G, as John G has alleged.
Pleading: TI states that at the time of the making of the charter this grange was old and decrepit, both the timber and the roof, and thus fell down.
Pleading: John G repeats that at the time of the making of the charter the house was in good repair. Parties on country, jury here at quindene of Easter.
Type | Place | Date |
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Charter Property Transfer |
Fawkham < Kent < England | (initial) 30/11/1455 |
Breach of Statute Trespass |
Fawkham < Kent < England | (initial) 20/09/1465 |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 165
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Hertfordshire
Writ type: Trespass (force and arms)
Damages claimed: £20
Case type: Housebreaking; Taking of goods; Trespass (chattels)
Pleading: Thomas Wynslowe and John Manyngham state that on 6 September 1464, John Lamberd and John Berne forcibly broke their close and house at Sunhills ('Sonwell') [in Ashwell parish] and took and carried off goods and chattels worth 40s, namely 40 pike ('dentrices'), 40 tench and 300 roach, together with wheat, barley and oats, and destroyed his growing grass worth a further 40s with his beasts. This was against the peace, and to their damage of £20.
Pleading: JL and JB granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Postea text: Two further licences to imparl, to quindene of Michaelmas 1466.
Type | Place | Date |
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Destruction of Chattels House-breaking Taking of Goods |
Sunhills < Hertfordshire < England | (initial) 06/09/1464 |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 195
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £10
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Thomas Water states that on 4 August 1463, in London, Robert Trot made a bond with him in £28 2s 6d, payable at All Saints then next, but has not paid, to his damage of £10. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: RT states that this bond is not of his making. Parties on country, jury here at octave of the Purification. Bond in custody of John Fog.
Postea text: Sheriff did not send writ, to quindene of Easter 1466.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Dunstan in the East < Tower Ward < London < England |
(initial) 04/08/1463 (due) 01/11/1463 < All Saints |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 195d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 10m
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Thomas Symmes senior states that on 4 October 1446, in London, Nicholas Red, alias Nicholas Turnour, made a bond with him in £20, payable at Christmas then next, but has not paid, to his damage of 10m. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: NR asks to hear the bond and endorsement, and these are read in court. The condition of the bond is such that if NR should pay TS 5m by the said Christmas 1446, and 5m at Christmas 1447, and so on until 20m be fully paid, then the bond in £20 shall be cancelled; otherwise it should remain in force. Having heard and understood this, NR is granted licence to imparl to Easter three weeks, with assent of TS.
Pleading: [continued at Easter 1466, rot 159] [Repeat of initial pleading] Having heard this, NR states that he paid TS all the sums specified in the endorsement on the dates specified, namely at Norwich.
Pleading: TS, protesting that NR did not pay him any of the sums noted in the endorsement, states that NR did not pay him the 5m due at Christmas [year omitted], as specified in the endorsement.
Pleading: NR states that he did pay TS the 5m due at Christmas [omitted], according to the form of the endorsement. Parties on country, sheriff of Norwich to have jury here at quindene of Trinity.
Postea text: 6 posteas, sheriff did not send writ, to octave of Hilary 1468.
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/819, rot 159.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Sepulchre without Newgate < Farringdon Ward Without < London < England |
(initial) 04/10/1446 (due) 25/12/1446 < Christmas |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 274d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (loan)
Damages claimed: 20m
Case type: Loan
Pleading: Hugh Wyche and his wife Alice, widow and executor of William Holt, state that on 30 June 1464, in London [parish and ward omitted], Thomas Bartelotte borrowed £20 from William Holt, now deceased, former husband of Alice, payable on request. However, he has not paid, either to WH himself or to Alice as his executor, before or after her marriage to HW, to their damage of 20m.
Pleading: TB granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 279d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 100s
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Peter Draper and William Rose, executors of Henry Belle, state that on 4 February 1451, in London, Richard Thame made three bonds with HB, each in £7, payable at the feasts of the Nativity of St John the Baptist 1451, 1452 and 1453. However, RT has not paid these debts, either to HB during his lifetime or to the plaintiffs as his executors, to their damage of 100s. They show the bonds in court, and the testamentary letters of HB, by which they are executors and have administration.
Pleading: RT granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of PD and WR.
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 280
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 100s
Damages awarded: 6s 8d
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Nicholas Sharp states that on 2 March 1457, in London, John Fust made a bond with him in £93 6s 8d, payable on 2 March 1460, but has not paid, to his damage of 100s. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: JF admits the action, and that the bond is of his making as claimed. Order that NS recover debt and damages, assigned at 6s 8d. JF amerced.
Case notes: Parish and ward inconsistent. See also further cases on rot 126 and rot 329d.
Type | Place | Date |
---|---|---|
Bond | St Peter Westcheap < Cheap Ward < London < England |
(initial) 02/03/1457 (due) 02/03/1457 |
Individual | Status | Occupation | Place | Role |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Fust (m) | Gentleman | Warnham < Sussex < England | Defendant | |
Nicholas Sharp (m) | Esquire | Plaintiff |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 316d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 10m
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Thomas Gresham states that on 17 June 1458, in London, William Kirton, now deceased, made a bond with him in £15, payable at St Peter ad Vincula then next. However, he has not paid, and nor has his widow and executor Alice, either before or after her marriage to Richard Tyngelden, to his damage of 10m. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: Richard and Agnes Tyngelden are granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Pleading: [continued at Easter 1466, rot 473 (damages altered to £10)] RT and AT, protesting that the bond was not of WK's making, state that TG ought not maintain his action, since before the day of TG's original writ they had fully administered all the goods and chattels formerly of WK, and had none left on that day or afterwards by which the debt could be satisfied.
Pleading: TG states that on the day of his original writ, namely 12 September 1465, RT and AT had various goods formerly of WK still in their hands and not administered, sufficient to pay this debt, namely at Southwark in Surrey. Enquiry by country, jury of Southwark here at quindene of St John the Baptist.
Postea text: [on CP 40/819, rot 473] Sheriff of Surrey did not send writ, to Michaelmas one month 1466.
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/819, rot 473.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Michael le Querne < Farringdon Ward Within < London < England |
(initial) 17/06/1458 (due) 01/08/1458 < St Peter ad Vincula |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 321
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Hertfordshire
Writ type: Trespass (against statute)
Damages claimed: 100m
Case type: Breach of Statute; Real action / rents / damage to real estate
Pleading: Thomas Arblaster and his wife Alice, citing the statute of 5 Richard II against unlawful entry into property (Stat Realm, 5 Ric. II, c. 7), state that on 6 October 1465, Richard Wyncote and Joan Vycary entered into their messuage, 30 acres of land and 2 acres of wood in Redbourn, into which entry had not been given, in contempt of the king, against the form of the statute and to their damage of 100m.
Pleading: RW and JV defend force and injury [no further pleading recorded].
Case notes: See also rot 340. For full enrolment of what appears to be this same case, presumably brought under a new writ, see CP 40/821, rot 130.
Type | Place | Date |
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Breach of Statute Trespass |
Redbourn < Hertfordshire < England | (initial) 06/10/1465 |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 322
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Coventry
Writ type: Debt (sale of goods)
Damages claimed: £3
Case type: Sale of goods
Pleading: Thomas Ruyton states that on 10 June 1460, in Coventry, John Sandes bought a horse from him for 5m, payable on request, but has not paid, to his damage of £3.
Pleading: JS states that he does not owe TR this 5m or any money as claimed. Makes his law immediately. Order that TR take nothing, but is amerced for false claim. JS quit of the said 5m and sent without day.
Individual | Status | Occupation | Place | Role |
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John Sandes (m) | Mercer | London < England | Defendant | |
John Smytht (m) | Attorney of plaintiff | |||
Thomas Ruyton (m) | Plaintiff |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 327d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (sale of goods)
Damages claimed: 100s
Case type: Sale of goods
Pleading: William Skydmore and Robert Cobbold state that on [date omitted, supplied from re-enrolment] 10 October 1461, in London, William Hore bought from them 12 pieces of lawn, 10 pieces of umple, 8 pieces of linen cloth called 'rawecloth', 12 pieces of linen cloth called [Holland cloth], and 100 pounds of hemp for £17, payable at Easter then next, but has not paid, to their damage of 100s.
Pleading: WH granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of WS and RC.
Pleading: [continued at Easter 1466, rot 324d] WH states that he does not owe this £17 or any money as claimed. Order that he wager his law on the morrow of St John the Baptist. Pledges for law named. Attorney to have him here on that day.
Postea text: [on CP 40/819, rot 324d] Plaintiffs come by attorney, WH makes essoin to Michaelmas one month.
Postea text: Plaintiffs come by attorney, WH does not come to wager his law. Order that plaintiffs recover debt and damages of 26s 8d. WH amerced.
Postea text: Plaintiffs come by attorney Staverton, acknowledge satisfaction of debt and damages. WH quit.
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/819, rot 324d. Omitted details from first pleading supplied from continuation.
Type | Place | Date |
---|---|---|
Sale of Goods | St Stephen Coleman Street < Coleman Street Ward < London < England | (due) < Easter |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 329d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 100s
Damages awarded: 6s 8d
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Nicholas Sharp states that on 2 March 1457, in London, John Leukenore made a bond with him in £93 6s 8d, payable on 2 September 1458, but has not paid, to his damage of 100s. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: JL admits the action and that the bond is of his making as claimed by NS. Order that NS recover the debt, and damages assigned at 6s 8d. JL amerced.
Case notes: Parish and ward inconsistent. See also further cases on rot 126 and rot 280.
Type | Place | Date |
---|---|---|
Bond | St Peter Westcheap < Cheap Ward < London < England |
(initial) 02/03/1457 (due) 02/09/1458 |
Individual | Status | Occupation | Place | Role |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Leukenore (m) | Esquire | West Grinstead < Sussex < England | Defendant | |
Nicholas Sharp (m) | Esquire | Plaintiff |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 334
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 10m
Case type: Bond
Pleading: John Welbek states that on 26 September 1458, in London, Walter Clerk made a bond with him in £40, payable at the Nativity of St John the Baptist 1461. WC has satisfied him of £23 of this debt, but has not paid the remaining £17, to his damage of 10m. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: WC granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter. Pledges named for defendant.
Pleading: [continued at Easter 1466, rot 124] WC states that this bond is not of his making. Parties on country, jury here at octave of Trinity. Same pledges named for defendant. Bond in custody of John Fogge.
Postea text: 12 posteas, sheriff did not send writ, to octave of Trinity 1469. [Marginal note records that the case was discontinued in that term.]
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/819, rot 124.
Type | Place | Date |
---|---|---|
Bond | St Mary le Bow < Cheap Ward < London < England |
(initial) 26/09/1458 (due) 24/06/1461 < St John the Baptist, Nativity of |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 335d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 10m
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Milicent, widow and executor of Richard Horton, states that on 10 July 1457, in London, Richard Wykys made a bond with her late husband in £4 8s, payable within three weeks of Michaelmas 1461. However, he has not paid, either to RH himself or to her as his executor, to her damage of 10m. She shows the bond in court, and the testamentary letters of RH, by which she is his executor and has administration.
Pleading: RW granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of MH.
Type | Place | Date |
---|---|---|
Bond | St Dunstan in the West < Farringdon Ward Without < London < England |
(initial) 10/07/1457 (due) 29/09/1461 < Michaelmas |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 337d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Middlesex
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £10
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Thomas Adams, administrator of the goods and chattels formerly of John Kyng, states that on 19 March 1442, at Westminster, Robert Veer, now deceased, made a bond with John Kyng and a certain Thomas Lucy, who predeceased JK, in £15 4s, payable at Pentecost then next. However, RV did not pay this debt, and nor did his executor, the late Joan Veer, and nor has her administrator, the defendant John Whitakyr, either to the two creditors, to JK after TL's death, or to himself as administrator of JK, appointed by Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth. This is to his damage of £10. He shows the bond in court, and the letters of administration of Henry Sharp, commissary general of archbishop Thomas in the deaneries of Middlesex and Barking, by which TA has administration of the goods formerly of JK.
Pleading: JW granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Pleading: [continued at Easter 1466, rot 137] JW states that Joan Veer was never executor of the will of Robert Veer, and never administered any of RV's goods as his executor.
Pleading: TA states that after the death of RV, Joan V administered various goods formerly of RV as his executor, namely at Westminster. Enquiry by country, jury here at octave of Trinity.
Postea text: [on CP 40/819, rot 137] 3 posteas, sheriff did not send writ, to quindene of Easter 1467.
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/819, rot 137.
Type | Place | Date |
---|---|---|
Bond | Westminster < Middlesex < England |
(initial) 19/03/1442 (due) 20/05/1442 < Pentecost |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 338d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 40s
Case type: Bond; Imprisonment
Pleading: James Garnon states that on 20 November 1453, in London, William Godhall made a bond with him in 18s 4d, payable at the Purification then next, while on 9 November 1460, in the same place, he made another bond with him in 5m, payable at the Nativity of St John the Baptist then next. However, WG has not paid either debt, to his damage of 40s. He shows the bonds in court.
Pleading: WG granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of plaintiff. Pledges named for defendant.
Pleading: [continued at Trinity 1466, rot 125] WG states that he should not owe this debt, as at the time of the making of the bonds he was imprisoned by JG and his associates at Edenham in Lincolnshire, and was detained there until he made these bonds under duress.
Pleading: JG states that at the time of the making of the bonds WG was not imprisoned, and made the bonds freely and not under duress. Enquiry by country, sheriff of Lincolnshire to have jury here at octave of Michaelmas 1466. Same pledges named.
Postea text: Further licence to imparl, to octave of Trinity 1466.
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/820, rot 125.
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 340
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Detinue
Damages claimed: £100
Case type: Detention of goods
Pleading: Thomas and Alice Arblaster state that a certain Thomas Butler, father of Alice A, whose heir she is, was in possession of a certain sealed chest containing various documents, and on 20 August 1454, in London, he delivered it to a certain John Vycary, former husband of Joan Vycary (the defendant) for safe keeping, to the use of Thomas B and his wife Matilda during their life, and of Thomas and Alice A after their death. TB and MB later died, and John V made his wife Joan his executor, and then also died. Following this, on 10 March 1447, the chest came into the possession of Joan, as executor, amongst the other goods and chattels of John V. However, Joan V now refuses to return the chest to the plaintiffs, despite requests, to their damage of £100.
Pleading: Joan V states that she does not detain this chest and documents from TA and AA as claimed. Order that she wager her law at Easter three weeks. Pledges of law named.
Case notes: See also rot 321. Parish and ward inconsistent - both added in subsequently.
Type | Place | Date |
---|---|---|
Safe Keeping | St Michael le Querne < Queenhithe Ward < London < England | (initial) 20/08/1454 |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 343
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 10m
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Edward Legge states that on 18 April 1457, in London [parish and ward omitted], William Vyan made a bond with him in £12, payable at Pentecost then next, but has not paid, to his damage of 10m. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: WV granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter. Pledges named for defendant.
Case notes: Various details omitted.
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 343d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 20m
Case type: Bond
Pleading: John Broughton states that on 29 November 1461, in London, Richard Penpons made a bond with him in £32, payable at the Nativity of St John the Baptist then next, but has not paid, to his damage of 20m. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: RP granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Postea text: 2 further licences to imparl, to octave of Michaelmas 1466.
Type | Place | Date |
---|---|---|
Bond | St Dunstan in the West < Farringdon Ward Without < London < England |
(initial) 29/11/1461 (due) 24/06/1462 < St John the Baptist, Nativity of |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 344
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Devon
Writ type: Debt (loan)
Damages claimed: £40
Case type: Loan
Pleading: John Carwynek states that on 1 October 1465, in Plymouth, Richard Cokke borrowed £20 from him, payable at All Saints then next, but has not paid, to his damage of £40.
Pleading: RC came in person. And upon this the mayor and community of the king's borough of Plymouth came by their attorney, John Snape, and defend the rights of their borough, stating that Henry VI, by a charter granted to them with the assent of the lords in Parliament summoned at Westminster in his eighteenth year and later transferred to Reading, granted to the mayor and community of Plymouth the town of Sutton Prior and the tithing of Sutton 'Raf', a parcel of the hamlet of Sutton Vautort and a parcel of the tithing of Compton, all in Devon, to be a borough, with various other lands and tenements as contained in the act. This was for the defence of the town and the country, the safety of merchants. In this, the mayor and community were to have enquiry of all pleas within the town, before the mayor at the Guildhall, in the same manner as the bailiffs of the town of Oxford. They proffer in court the letters patent of the present king confirming this grant [inspeximus of charter, dated at Westminster, 15 March [1463], recited in full, in Latin, confirming charter of Henry VI, dated at Windsor on 25 July 1440; CPR 1461-7, pp.309-310]. They also proffer a writ close of the present king to his justices [recited in full], dated at Westminster, 24 January 1466, reciting this grant of Henry VI and the inspeximus and confirmation of Edward IV, and ordering the justices of the Bench to view the charter and not to disturb the liberties granted therein. Having heard these documents, and since the contract concerned in this plea was made within their borough, the mayor and community seek to have view of this plea in their court, according to these grants. The parties are asked if there is any reason why this should not be delivered, and they say no. Therefore, the mayor and community have delivery of the plea, and the attorney of the mayor and community give day to the parties in the Guildhall in Plymouth on the Monday after St Gregory the Pope [17 March 1466].
Case notes: Contains a recital of the terms of the foundation charter of the borough of Plymouth, 1439 [see Rot. Parl., v, pp.18-22], confirmed in 1463 [CPR 1461-7, pp.309-310].
Type | Place | Date |
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Loan | Plymouth < Devon < England |
(initial) 01/10/1465 (due) 01/11/1465 < All Saints |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 352d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £10
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Geoffrey Feldyng states that on 30 April 1464, in London, Roger Adys acknowledged by his sealed bill that he owed GF £16 17s 5d, payable at Michaelmas then next. However, RA has not paid, to his damage of £10. He shows the bill in court [recited in full, in English].
Pleading: RA granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Postea text: [Marginal note records nothing further beyond the quindene of Easter 1466].
Type | Place | Date |
---|---|---|
Bond | St Mary le Bow < Cheap Ward < London < England |
(initial) 30/04/1464 (due) 29/09/1464 < Michaelmas |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 362d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 40s
Case type: Bond
Pleading: John Druell states that at the feast of Trinity 1454, in London, John Bodde made a bond with him in 111s, payable at Christmas then next, but has not paid, to his damage of 40s. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: JB granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Pleading: [continued at Easter 1466, rot 157] JB states that this bond is not of his making. Parties on country, jury here at Easter five weeks.
Postea text: 2 posteas, sheriff did not send writ, to octave of St John the Baptist 1466. Bond in custody of John Fogge.
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/819, rot 157.
Type | Place | Date |
---|---|---|
Bond | St Faith under St Paul's < Farringdon Ward Within < London < England |
(initial) 16/06/1454 (due) 25/12/1454 < Christmas |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 403
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 10m
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Milicent, widow and executor of Richard Horton, states that on 10 July 1457, in London, John Brygham made a bond with her late husband in £4 8s, payable within three weeks of Michaelmas 1461. However, JB has not paid, either to her husband or herself as his executor, to her damage of 10m. She shows the bond in court, and the testamentary letters of RH, by which she is executor and has administration.
Pleading: JB granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of MH.
Type | Place | Date |
---|---|---|
Bond | St Dunstan in the West < Farringdon Ward Without < London < England | (initial) 10/07/1461 |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 403d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Trespass (force and arms)
Damages claimed: £40
Case type: Assault; Housebreaking; Taking of goods
Pleading: John Ellerker states that on 2 October 1464, Henry Shadde forcibly broke his close at Risby, took and carried away goods to the value of £10, namely a horse, [a] saddle, a bridle, and a sword, and made such threats against his servants John Clerk and John Bolmer that they dare not go about JE's business, namely the collection of his rents, from the said 2 October for six months, such that his business remained undone. This is to his damage of £40.
Pleading: HS granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of JE. Pledges named for defendant.
Postea text: Further licence to imparl, to quindene of Michaelmas 1466, with assent of plaintiff.
Case notes: Some details in this pleading are lost along the right edge.
Type | Place | Date |
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Assault House-breaking Taking of Goods |
Risby < Yorkshire < England | (initial) 02/10/1464 |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 423d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £10
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Thomas Hamper states that on 30 June 1455, in London [ward omitted], William Soler made a bond with him in £10, payable at the feast of St Anne then next. Also, on 6 January 1460, again in London, he made another bond in 100s, payable at St John the Baptist then next, and on 28 January 1460 he made a third bond, in 100s, payable at Easter then next. However, he has not paid these bonds, to his damage of £10. He shows the bonds in court.
Pleading: WS granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Pleading: [continued at Easter 1466, rot 149] WS states that he ought not owe this debt by virtue of these bonds, since at the time of the making of the bonds, at Rayleigh, TH made such great threats against his life and limbs unless he made and sealed these bonds that he made the bonds out of fear and under duress.
Pleading: TH states that WS made the bonds freely and not under any duress. Enquiry by country, sheriff of Essex to have jury here at octave of Trinity.
Postea text: Sheriff did not send writ, to octave of St John the Baptist 1466.
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/819, rot 149. Ward name omitted from both enrolments. See also CP 40/829, rot 128.
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 430d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £10
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Thomas Wethum states that on 28 November 1441, in London, Richard Kybbell, now deceased, made a bond with him in £18 18s, payable at Christmas then next. However, RK did not pay in his lifetime, and nor has his widow and executor Agnes Hervy, to his damage of £10. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: Agnes Hervy granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Postea text: Further licence to imparl, to octave of Trinity 1466.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Dionis Backchurch < Langbourn Ward < London < England |
(initial) 28/11/1441 (due) 25/12/1441 < Christmas |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 431
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 100m
Case type: Bond
Pleading: William Copley states that on 16 June 1463, in London, Robert Levelord made a bond with him in £100, payable at the Nativity of St John the Baptist then next, but has not paid, to his damage of 100m. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: RL granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of plaintiff.
Postea text: 14 further licences to imparl, to octave of Hilary 1469.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Dunstan in the West < Farringdon Ward Without < London < England |
(initial) 16/06/1463 (due) 24/06/1463 < St John the Baptist, Nativity of |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 456d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: []
Case type: Bond
Pleading: William Hawekyswade and John Pemberton state that on 11 May 1464, in London [parish and ward omitted], William Worsop made a bond with them in 20m, payable at Ascension then next, but has not paid, to their damage of £[lost]. They show the bond in court.
Pleading: WW granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of plaintiffs.
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 459d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: £10
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Memorandum that Peter Benet came in person into this court on 23 January this term [1466] and showed this bill to the justices as follows. Peter Benet seeks against John Snede, attorney of the Bench present here in court, £15 which he owes and unjustly detains. He states that on 26 February 1453, in London, JS made a bond with him in £15, payable at Pentecost then next, but JS has not paid, to his damage of £10. Pledges named for plaintiff. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: JS granted licence to imparl to the Thursday after the quindene of Easter.
Postea text: 3 further licences to imparl, to the Saturday after the octave of Hilary 1467.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Giles without Cripplegate < Cripplegate Ward < London < England |
(initial) 26/02/1453 (due) 20/05/1453 < Pentecost |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 463
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Middlesex
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 10m
Case type: Bond
Pleading: William Heron and his wife Joan, widow and executor of Thomas Packer, state that on 10 October 1441, at Westminster, John Alman made a bond with Thomas Packer, now deceased, in £14 18s, payable at the feast of St Denis then next. However, he has not paid, either to TP himself or to his executor Joan, either before or after her marriage to WH, to their damage of 10m. They show the bond in court.
Pleading: JA granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter.
Pleading: [continued at Easter 1466, rot 156] JA states that there are two places called 'Whadden' in Wiltshire, namely 'East Whadden' and 'West Whadden', but there is no place just called 'Whadden' without any qualifier. He seeks judgment on the writ.
Pleading: WH states that there is a place in Wiltshire called Whaddon without any qualifier, as the writ supposes. Enquiry by country, sheriff of Wiltshire to have jury here at quindene of Trinity.
Postea text: 2 posteas, sheriff did not send writ, to quindene of Michaelmas 1466.
Case notes: Continued on CP 40/819, rot 156.
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 468
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 100s
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Roger Forde, by attorney Thomas Hever, states that on 16 May 1464, in London [parish and ward omitted], William Deyzun made a bond with him in £4, payable at All Saints then next. On 22 November 1464 he made another bond, in 40s, payable on the vigil of Easter then next, and on the same day he made another bond in 9s 4d, payable at Christmas then next. However, WD has not paid any of these debts, to his damage of 100s. He shows the bonds in court.
Pleading: WD granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter. RF appoints TH in his place against WD, and against Richard Wayte of York, vintner, on plea of debt.
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 478
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond); Debt (sale of goods)
Damages claimed: 100s
Damages awarded: 13s 4d
Case type: Bond; Sale of goods
Pleading: Geoffrey Wade states that on 17 December 1449, in the parish of St Katherine [Cree or Coleman], Aldgate ward in London, John Worthy made a bond with him in 69s 3d, payable at Pentecost then next, and also bought from him 70 ells of Holland cloth for a further 47s, payable on request. However, JW has not paid this total of 113s 3d [sic], to his damage of 100s. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: JW granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of GW. Pledges named for defendant.
Postea text: GW came by attorney, JW in person. GW sought a response to his plea. JW admitted the action, and that he owed the 113s 3d as claimed. Order that GW recover debt, and damages of 13s 4d. JW amerced.
Type | Place | Date |
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Sale of Goods | Aldgate Ward < London < England | (initial) 17/12/1449 |
Bond | St Katherine Cree < Aldgate Ward < London < England |
(initial) 17/12/1449 (due) 24/05/1450 < Pentecost |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 479
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 100s
Damages awarded: 6s 8d
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Ncholas Sharp states that on 2 March 1457, in London, Thomas Hoo made a bond with him in £93 6s 8d, payable on 2 March 1460, but has not paid, to his damage of 100s. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: TH admits the action, and that the bond is of his making as claimed. Order that NS recover debt and damages of 6s 8d. TH amerced.
Case notes: See also rot 479d.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Peter Westcheap < Cheap Ward < London < England |
(initial) 02/03/1457 (due) 02/03/1460 |
Individual | Status | Occupation | Place | Role |
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Nicholas Sharp (m) | Esquire | Plaintiff | ||
Thomas Hoo (m) | Esquire | Roffey < Sussex < England | Defendant |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 479
Term: Hilary 1466
County: Gloucestershire
Writ type: Debt (sale of goods); Detinue
Damages claimed: 40s
Case type: Detention of goods; Sale of goods
Pleading: Margery Mose, widow and executor of Thomas Mose, states that on 12 February 1460, at Cirencester, Thomas Umfrey bought from her late husband Thomas Mose two whole cloths for 100s, payable on request, and also, on the same day, TM delivered to TU a certain bill in which it was contained that a certain Henry Bykkyrsweke was bound to TM in £13. This was to be returned on request, but TU has not paid the 100s or returned the document, to her damage of 40s. She shows in court the testamentary letters of TM, by which she is executor and has administration.
Pleading: TU granted licence to imparl to quindene of Easter, with assent of MM.
Postea text: 3 further licences to imparl, to octave of Hilary 1467.
Type | Place | Date |
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Sale of Goods | Cirencester < Gloucestershire < England | (initial) 12/02/1460 |
Detention of Goods | Cirencester < Gloucestershire < England | (initial) 12/02/1460 |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 479d
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (bond)
Damages claimed: 100s
Damages awarded: 6s 8d
Case type: Bond
Pleading: Ncholas Sharp states that on 2 March 1457, in London, John Leukenore made a bond with him in £93 6s 8d, payable on 2 March 1460, but has not paid, to his damage of 100s. He shows the bond in court.
Pleading: JL admits the action, and that the bond is of his making as claimed. Order that NS recover debt and damages of 6s 8d. JL amerced.
Case notes: See also rot 479.
Type | Place | Date |
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Bond | St Peter Westcheap < Cheap Ward < London < England |
(initial) 02/03/1457 (due) 02/03/1460 |
Individual | Status | Occupation | Place | Role |
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John Leukenore (m) | Esquire | West Grinstead < Sussex < England | Defendant | |
Nicholas Sharp (m) | Esquire | Plaintiff |
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/818, rot. 480
Term: Hilary 1466
County: London
Writ type: Debt (loan)
Damages claimed: 40s
Case type: Loan
Pleading: John Croftes states that on 8 December 1464, in London, Robert Murdok borrowed 40s from him, payable on request, but has not re-paid this, to his damage of 40s.