The People of 1381
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| Type | Petition |
| Unique Identifying Text | TNA SC 8/102/5088 |
| Archive name | The National Archives (London) |
| Published source (may be more than one) | W. Mark Ormrod, Helen Killick and Phil Bradford (eds.) Early Common Petitions in the English Parliament, c.1290-c.1420 (Camden Fifth Series, 52), Cambridge University Press for the Royal Historical Society. 2017, pp. 182-3 (full edition, translation and historical note). |
| Text in Original Language | A nostre tresredoute seignur nostre seignur le Roi et as seignours de parlement monstront ses comunes d'Engleterre; qe come en le grant rumour ore tard et puis le comencement de cest present parlement sibien come devant, plusours gentz de mesme le roialme sont oustez de lours frankes tenementz, rentz et services, sibien gentz de seinte eglise come d'autre en plusours lieux parmy le dit roialme, et unqore sont voluntrivement detenuz hors par fortmain en maintenance de lours maufaitz. Qe pleise a nostre dit seignur le Roi et as ditz seignours du parlement d'ordeingner qe touz ceux queux sont oustez de lours frankes tenementz come dit est soient restitutz a lours tenements sanz pluis outre processe assuer vers les ditz intrusours et occupeours, et qe nul homme de quele condicioun q'il soit, soit hardy en avant de deteiner ne maintener tiels possessions sur peine de forfeiture de terres, biens et chateux au Roy et corps a perpetuele prisone, et qe brief hors de la chancellarie nostre dit seignur le Roy soit directe as viscontz de chescun countee du roialme ou tiel cas est avenuz al instaunz de ceux qeux sont oustez pur les metter en possession et seissine peisibille des ditz tenementz come en lour primer estat, et si les ditz entrours par le maner avont droit pursuont par le commune leye. |
| Text (English translation) | The commons of England: in the recent revolt many people of the realm have been ousted from their freeholds, rents, and services, including men of the Church, and even now are detained from their possessions without due cause and by force. They request that the king and lords in parliament ordain that all those who are ousted from their freeholds might be restored to their tenements without any further process sued against the said intruders and occupiers, and that no man of any rank be so bold as to keep such possessions, on pain of forfeiture and imprisonment. They further request that writs might be sent from the Chancery to the sheriffs in each county where such a case has occurred, and that those ousted might have seisin of their properties and be able to pursue their rights by the common law. Response: [none]. |
| General Information | Dated to 1381-c.1388 (see Ormrod, Killick and Bradford p. 183) |
