Description

Petitioners:

John de Styvecle.

Name(s):

de Styvecle, John

Addressees:

Commons of parliament.

Nature of request:

John de Styvecle states that he and others purchased from King Richard certain lands and tenements for a term of years, which had been forfeited by Robert Belknap; and that he was then expelled from most of them by Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, who had the lands at farm, so that he received little profit from them. Then, in the late King's twenty-first year, Robert was restored to the lands. He has since sued, so far unsuccessfully, to recover the sum he paid for the lands. He asks the commons to ask the King and lords that he and the others who purchased these lands might be able to have and enjoy them, or otherwise that they might have their money.

Nature of endorsement:

[None]

People mentioned:

Richard [II], King of England; Robert Bealknap (Belknap); Thomas [of Woodstock], Duke of Gloucester.

Date derivation:

This petition would seem to date from the early years of Henry IV's reign.

Date

1399

Catalogue reference

SC 8/142/7059links to the Catalogue

Dept

Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly entitled Special Collections

Series

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

Piece

7051-7100. Individual petitions are described and dated at Item level.

Image contains

1 item for the catalogue reference

 

Number of image files: 1