Catalogue description Petitioners: William Wheteley, valet of John Arrundell (Arundell) of Trerice. ...

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Details of SC 8/150/7488
Reference: SC 8/150/7488
Description:
Petitioners: William Wheteley, valet of John Arrundell (Arundell) of Trerice.
Name(s): Wheteley, William
Addressees: Commons of parliament.
Occupation: valet of John Arrundell (Arundell) of Trerice
Nature of request: William Wheteley, valet of John Arrundell of Trerice, one of the knights of the shire for Cornwall in the present parliament, states that he has been imprisoned in the Fleet prison at the suit of Robert Bridford of London in an action of trespass, and that despite a writ of Chancery to the Sheriffs of London to release him, was kept in prison until an inquest, procured and empanelled by the maintenance of Robert and others, found against him. He asks the commons to ask the King and lords, by authority of parliament, to have a writ sent to the warden of the Fleet prison to have him released, in accordance with the ancient usage that no-one in the service of any lord, knight or burgess coming to parliament should be arrested, imprisoned or molested during the parliament.
Nature of endorsement: [On face] Let it be sent to the lords.[On dorse] The King will be advised.
Places mentioned: Trerice, Cornwall; Fleet prison, London.
People mentioned: John Arrundell (Arundell) of Trerice, knight of the shire for Cornwall; Robert Brid[ford], stainer of London.
Note: John Arundell of Trerice was a knight of the shire for Cornwall in the parliaments of 1427 and of 1432. This petition must belong to one of those years.
Date: [1427-1432]
Related material:

For transcript, see no.44 of PRO 31/7/116
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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