Document 5/3/0 (SHS Misc. xi, 95-97, 101-03, 121-23)
- Description
- Gaol delivery at St John of Perth, Wednesday next before St Laurence, 24 Edward I (8 Aug 1296)
136. Matthew of York was attached to answer Christiana of St John's Town (Perth) on a plea of robbery. Whereon she complains that on Thursday next before the feast of St Botulph in the said year [14 June 1296] Matthew came to Perth in the company of a thief named William Wallace and took and furtively carried off against her wishes goods and chattels which he found in her house, namely beer, value 3s., to Christiana’s damage etc and against the peace. Thereon she brings suit etc. Matthew says that he is not bound to answer Christiana because he is a clerk. Therefore an inquest is taken. The jurors say on their oath that Matthew came to the town in the company of William and that he carried off Christiana’s goods as she charged him. Therefore he is condemned to penance.
Pleas of the army at Perth, 24 Edward I (1296)
145. Christiana the laundress was attached to answer Walter Bucher on a plea of trespass. Later they are agreed by licence and Christiana puts herself on the country. (Amercement 6d., paid)
146. John Lovell was attached to answer Alebinus of Whelton on a plea of trespass. Whereon he complains that when on Friday in Easter Week [30 March] in the said year he came with the king’s army to Berwick, took lodgings and spent the night there and found some money there, on the following Wednesday John came and took the money, namely £29 13s. 4d., and carried it off by means of his groom Thomas de Breuse. Later he took Alebinus and imprisoned him until the latter should agree to appear before the king’s justices to declare his indebtedness to John for 20 marks, and to repay the money within a certain term. Furthermore, John kept Alebinus in this state until he agreed to make out for Sir Thomas Lovell, the brother of John, a note of discharge for 26 marks in which Thomas was indebted to him, whereby Alebinus has been wronged and has suffered damage. (Cancelled because [it is] elsewhere)
Pleas of the army at St John, Wednesday next before the Feast of St Laurence, 24 Edward I (8 Aug. 1296)
176. Theobald Butler was attached to answer Theobald Neville on a plea of trespass. Whereon he complains that on Thursday next after the feast of St Thomas the martyr [12 July] Theobald Butler came with force and arms with some unknown men to Perth and from there took from Theobald Neville, and caused to be taken by the unknown men, some 66 animals, a mare and a foal, then led these away. He illegally withholds the animals still, to Theobald’s damage of £20. Thereon he brings suit. Theobald Butler comes and denies force and injury when etc. He says that he was not involved in this, that he did not commit any trespass and that the animals did not come into his possession as the latter charges. He asks for enquiry to be made, as does the other. Therefore let there be a jury summoned thereon immediately. Later Theobald Butler has withdrawn from court without awaiting the inquest, whereon Theobald Neville prays judgment on the grounds that the case is undefended.
- Firm date
- 20 November 1295 X 19 November 1296
- Dating Notes
- 24 Edward I
- Place date (modern)
- Perth (St John's Town)
- Place date (document)
- Sanctum Johannem de Perth
- Related Place
- Perth
- Source for Data Entry
- C.J. Neville, ‘A plea roll of Edward I’s army in Scotland, 1296’, SHS Miscellany XI (1990), 7-133; some entries included in CDS, ii, no. 822
- Trad. ID
- SHS Misc. xi, 95-97, 101-03, 121-23
- Calendar number
- 5/3/None
- Charter type
- English Royal Administration
- Language
- Latin
- Notes
- CDS, ii, no. 822