Catalogue description Petitioners: Leonard Houndalre, Abbot of Newenham. Name(s): Houndalre, Leonard ...

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Details of SC 8/126/6261
Reference: SC 8/126/6261
Description:
Petitioners: Leonard Houndalre, Abbot of Newenham.
Name(s): Houndalre, Leonard
Addressees: Commons.
Occupation: Abbot of Newenham
Nature of request: Leonard, Abbot of Newenham seeks remedy against Philip de Courtenay, who he claims has attacked and imprisoned him, and against whom he can have no remedy at common law due to his great power in the county. He recounts that he was attacked in his abbey by Courtenay's men, and then taken to Honiton, where they demanded money from him. They then took him to Bickleigh, where he was imprisoned for 15 days. His friends sued writs before the Council, summoning Courtenay to account, but he failed to appear. Courtenay was then ordered to keep the peace, but he again came to the abbey with a force, threatening the abbot and imprisoning two monks.
Nature of endorsement: [on face] Let it be pleaded to the King by the Lords.[on dorse] This petition, and the record of it, is entered on the parliament roll.
Places mentioned: Newenham, Devon; Honiton, [Devon]; Bickleigh, [Devon]; Beaulieu, [Hampshire].
People mentioned: Philip de Courteney (Courtenay), knight.
Note: As noted on the dorse, the details of this petition, and the response to it, are recorded on the roll for the parliament of Michaelmas 1402.
Date: [1402]
Related material:

For another petition from this petitioner see SC 8/216/10798A
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Parliamentary Petition 5538
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.133 (resultant commission ordering Courtenay to release the abbot)

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