1275 - John Petit of Priestley (5)

Record
Date	1275
Topic	Distress on township of Fekesby and John Petit to pay fine for withdrawing from suit to Rastrick mill respited until earl comes.

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North to south: Priestley Green, Rastrick, Fixby.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-09-03. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-26.

Record

[1275:]
The distress ordered on the township of Fekesby and John Petit of Presteley, to make fine for withdrawing from suit to Rastrik Mill, is respited until the Earl comes.

Source notes

"Court at Wakefield on Friday, the eve of S. Laurence [August 10th]", 1275; section "Ravenesfeud".

IRHB comments

'Presteley' is presumably Priestley Green. 'Fekesby' is Fixby.

Lists

• Not included in Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.

Sources

• Baildon, William Paley, ed. Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield, Vol. I: 1274 to 1297 (The Yorkshire Archæological Society, Record Series, vol. XXIX) (Leeds, 1901), p. 144; and see p. 143.

Background

• Wikipedia: Rastrick.

Also see

• 1275 - John Petit of Priestley (1)
• 1275 - John Petit of Priestley (2)
• 1275 - John Petit of Priestley (3)
• 1275 - John Petit of Priestley (4)
• 1275 - John Petit of Priestley (6)
• Criminals named Little John (links)
• Criminals named Little John (record texts)
• Persons named Little John (links)
• Persons named Little John (record texts)
• Persons surnamed Littlejohn (links)
• Persons surnamed Littlejohn (record texts).

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