Common petition concerning false accusation during the revolt
Details
The poor commoners; lately, in the time of the uprising, wrongdoers
committed damages and trespasses against various people. Those who
suffered damages have compelled others, by threats to life and limb
and by false imprisonment, to make fines and redemptions, some of
£40 and some of £20, and others more or less than this, and have taken
damages, some of 10 marks, some of 100 marks or £100, and others
more or less than this. The parties ruined by these extortions are in
no way guilty, and the matter is to the great destruction and perpetual
oppression of the commons and against the king's peace. They request
that the king and his council ordain in this present parliament a remedy
for theses extortions, grievances, and oppressions, and that those who
are responsible might be brought before the king and council and duly
punished, as a warning to other such extortionists.
Type
Trespass to chattels: extortion and forcible fine ,Abuse of legal procedure: false accusation
