Petitioners: ? No Petitioner named. Nature of Request: Letter to Edward I from the barons…

Description: Petitioners: ? No Petitioner named. Nature of request: Letter to Edward I from the barons of Dover, stating that their fellow-baron, John de Hethe or de Fokeston, has been attached while trading at Newcastle upon Tyne for the murder of certain men of Newcastle committed two years ago. They state that he is innocent, and ask that he might be tried in the court of Shipway, according to the laws and customs of the Cinque Ports, and that the Bailiffs of Newcastle might be ordered to hand him over to his fellow-barons, to answer in this court to anyone wishing to complain against him. Nature of endorsement: [None]. Places mentioned: Dover, [Kent]; Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]; Cinque Ports; Hythe, [Kent]. People mentioned: Edward [I], King of England; the barons of Dover; John de Hethe (Hythe), alias John de Fokeston (Folkestone), baron of Dover; Henry Clericus (Clerk), father of John de Hethe; Henry [III], King of England.

Date: 01/01/1276 - 31/12/1276

Last import: September 11, 2017