Catalogue description Petitioners: Richard Wary and Alice Wary his wife. Name(s): Wary; Wary, Richard;...

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Details of SC 8/150/7474
Reference: SC 8/150/7474
Description:
Petitioners: Richard Wary and Alice Wary his wife.
Name(s): Wary; Wary, Richard; Alice
Addressees: King and council.
Nature of request: The petitioners state that they had sued writs of plea of land in Devon, before William de Bereford and his companions, but that during their suit Robert Bendyn, Sheriff of Devon, had purchased the tenements in question, so that they cannot pursue their writs, and is threatening them if they continue their suit. They request a remedy.
Nature of endorsement: They are to have writs against the Sheriff, as the King's minister, of champerty of land which he acquired while the plea was pending, according to the form of the statute. And with regard to the writs which have not been returned, they are to sue in Chancery, and have the customary remedy from those who refuse to grant the bill.
Places mentioned: Devon.
People mentioned: William de Bereford, justice; Robert Bendyn, Sheriff of Devon.
Note: Robert Bendyn was Sheriff of Devon between 15 May and 29 November 1318, and between 12 October 1319 and 16 June 1321.
Date: [1318-1321]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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