<County: Leicestershire>
<Code: L0325>
<MS reference: London, Public Record Office C 1/15/137>
<Text: Petition>


¶To the right reuerent and Worshipfull lord the Archebisshope
¶ Of Cannturbury and Chaunceller~ of Englond <2-3 blank lines>
Besechuth mekely your~ pore Oratour Thomas Horton@ to consider~ how that he was seisud for terme of his lyfe of . iij . tenntes in the Towne of Radclyff Culy wyth-Jnne the
Counte of laycetur . vn-to the fest of seynt Martyn@ in Wyntur the yer~ of the reign@ of kyng~ harry the vjte aftur the conquest the xxije in whiche fest onn Nicholl Rody
then@ Eschetour . of our~ soueraign@ lord the kyng~ in the seid Shir~ . And by diuerse tymes aftur that fest so mane+sod and vexud tenantes of your~ seid Suppliant
in the seid tenntes dwellyng~ ; vn-to the tyme that they durst no-n+othur~ do but make wyth hym fyn@ and raunson@ At his wyll wyth-out cause or
colour~ of <ill><1 word></ill> ; so that the seid tenantes ar~ purposud and have warned your~ seid suppliant that they woll depart fro theyr~ tenures a-bove seid ;
of whiche wronges your~ seid Suppliant can gette non@ effectuell remedy at the comone lawe for the grete lordship and power~ which the seid Nicholl
hath in the seid Shir~ ; And ther~-opon@ to gyfe in commaundement to the seid Nicholl opon@ certeyn@ payn@ and at a certeyn@ day by your~ discrescion@ to be
lymytode that he appier~ a-fore the kyng~ in his Chauncerie for to onswere of theese premisses ; And ther~-opon@ that ye woll ordeigne suche remedy for
your~ seid suppliant as feyth and conscience requyren@ in this case for the love of god and in wey of Charite