<County: Lancashire>
<Code: L1203>
<MS reference: Preston, Lancashire County Record Office, DDPt 22 (1453)>
<Text: Petition>

*TO YE *JUSTICE OF OURE SOUerEI%GNE LORDE YE KYNG
W\TI%N HI%S *COUNTE PALETI%NE OF LANCASTR~
*BESEKITH YOW MEKELY YOUR POORE ORATOur HENR~ RISSHETON@ GraCIOUSLI%E TO CONSIDRE & KNOWE HOW y\T THERE AS YE I%I%J%
ParTES OF YE LORDESHI%P OF *RISSHETON@ I%N YE SAID~ *COUNTE . IS . & HASE OF LONGE TYME BENE I%N DEBATE BETWYXT Ser *EDMONDE
*TALBOT KNYGHT . & *ROGer *RISSHETON@ AND YE FEURTHE ParTE OF YE SAME . LORDESHIP . IS YE ENHERITANCE & RYGHT OF YE SAI%DE
BESEKER AND ALL YE SAID <ct> <sup>IIIJ</sup> ParTES ARNE OXGANGE LONDE & . LINE MENE DALTE I%N LONDE DOLES & MEDEWDOLES SAVYNG . THE
*TOWNHEY y\T LIETHE VNDISSEUerYD & NO MAN@ KNOWES HIS DOLE BUD IS AGYSTYD & EUerY ParTE KEPES HI%S GYSTE AFTer HIS
PORCI%ON@ . THE SAID Ser *EDMOND BE WAY OF OPPRESSI%ONE HASE DISTROYD YE LANDES OF YE SAID BESEKER & DRYFFEN@
AWAY HIS TENaNTz BE-CAUSE HE WOLDE DO NO NEYGHBURSHEP NE SUFFRE THEYME TO OCCUPI%E & MAYNO<?> THEIR SAIDE
ParTE AFTer YE QUANTI%TE AS THEIR AUNCESTRES HAUE DONE EUer SI%THE BEFORE YE TYME y\T NO MYENDE OF YE CONTRERI%E I%S
AND ALSO YE SAID Ser *EDMOND & HIS *FELESHYPPE BY HIS COMAUNDEMENT HAUE TAKYN WRONGUSLI%E DI%UerSES TYMES
YE CATELL OF YE SAID BESEKER & OF HIS TENaNTz & ETYN ParTE OF THEYME & SELDE ParTE & DRYFFYN@ THEYME AWAY OUTE
OF YE SHI%RE<?> y\T NO REPLEVYN@ MYGHT BE HADE . AND WHEN YE SAME <ct> <sup>BESEKER</sup> HELDE GETYN A WYTHERNAME . YE BAILLYS I%N YE WA=#
RANTE DURSTE NOT EXECUTE HIT FOR DREDE OF DETHE AND YE SAID Ser *EDMOND TOKE FRO YE SAIDE BESEKER VI%J% OXENE
PreCE OF VIJ MaRCes I%I%I%J STERYS PreCE OF XL S A STYRKE PreCE OF I%I%I%J% S APON *FRI%DAY NEXT AFTer YE *FEST OF ALLE HALLOWES
YN YE XXXJ YERE OF YE REGNE OF OURE SOUerEIGN@ LORDE YE KYNG~ y\T NOW I%S . & EUer SITH : CONTINUALLY HASE DISTROYD .
& ETYN W\T HIS CATELL YE . CORNE . MEDEWE . & ALLE OTHER~ THYNGES y\T SHULDE GROWE VNTO HIS ProFET OF HIS SAID ParTE
& ON~ y\T MANASSYD TO SLE HYM & HASE PerMYTTE GREDE GODES THERTO WHERTHURGH W\TOUTYN YOur GraCIOUSE HELPE YE
SAID BESEKER I%S VTTerLI%E DISTROID & VNDONE . WHERFORE HE BESEKYS YOW AT YE REUerENCE OF GODDE & BE WAY OF
<ill><3 words></ill> PUTTE YOur GraCIOUSE HELPE TO HYM FOR REMEDI%E I%N THI%S CASE AND HE SHALL PRAY TO GODDE FOR YOU