Petition against Forestallers,¹ 1529
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[Select Cases in the Court of Star Chamber, ed. Leadam (Selden Soc. , 1911), Vol. II., pp. 182-84.]
Yaxley, Inhabitants of, v. Thomas Aylward & Christofer Branston. To the moost Reuerend Fader in god my lord legate Cardinall Archiebisshope of Yorke, primate & Chaunceller ofEnglond.
In their moost humble wise shewen & complaynen vnto your noble grace your daily Oratours & bedemen the poore inhabitauntes of the Towne of Yaxley in the Countie of Huntingdon.
That where on Saynt Andrews day thapostle last past as one Thomas Aylward of the Towne of Lyn in the Countie of Norffolk merchaunt was than ladyng his keyle with pees to carry theym owte of that Countie vnto Lyn forsayd, At whiche tyme a poore man one of your Oratours askyd the sayd Aylward whyther he wold carry theym. Then he answered ' haist thowe any thyng a doo therwith ? For I am not there to gyve the accompt'. Then sayd the poore man ' You men of lyn dyd carry our pees into Scotland the last yere, an pyned vs For hungger here, For lake of sustynaunce, And if we wyst that ye wold carry thise pees into Scotland, as ye did oure pees the last yere, we wold stey theym vntill we knewe further of the kynges pleasour therin, For as we do thynk, that you doo agaynst the kynges commandement in that behalf.' Therwith the sayd Thomas Ayleward was very aungry & Rebukyd your bedemen, Insomoche that he did 1Compare a petition against an engrosser (1534), op. cit., pp. 206-15.
cast his Glove in defyaunce and defyed all the best in the Towne & asmany as wold take there parte & also he sayde that he wold haue the pees, or he wold reyse an C of as good Fytynge men as the kynge hath any, And also, good & gracioux lord, apon newyeres day last past a poore man of the sayd Towne of Yaxley callyd Richard Shryve, As he was goyng betwene the Townes of Steleton & Yaxley mete with the sayd Aylward, the poore man then sayenge vnto hym, ' haue ye nott bought pees Inowgh yete ? ' the sayd Aylward that in A Fury, a lyted of his hors & drewe his swyrd & Buckeler & came to the poore man vyolently, And so he putt the poore man in Jepardy of his lyffyff he had nott shyftyd the better for hym self. And ouer this, gracioux lord, the sayd Thomas Aylward doith daily threten & manasse your Oratours that he woll not leve them worth a grote. And Further- more, gracioux lord, so it was that one John Lee Constable of Yaxley forsayd came with another poore man that had certayn lond tylled for peeson & desired one Christofer Branston, another ingroser & Forstaller of the markettes and Fellowe with the sayd Thomas Aylward, & desyred to by a quarter of pees to sowe his land, and offeryd hym viij s. iiij d. for the quarter, Than the sayd Christofer saying 'Weyne you that I am a Bailly for suche laddes and beggars ?' And so he wold lett theym to haue noon for ther money. And ouer this, gracioux lord, apon Fryday next after midlent Sonday last past, As the said Thomas Aylward satt at dener in Mr. Cony howse, The sayd Christofer Branston Joliuer Goldam, John Wodcok & as they commonyd vpon the sayd peeson, the sayd Thomas Aylward than sayde, that if he hadhad as good a cote apon hym that day as he had the day when he dyd cast his Glove, one shuld a dyed that day, As honest men can testifie the same.
In tender consideracion of the premisses for so moche as the sayd Thomas Aylward & Christofer Branston doon make ther bost that they haue iche of them xl li. & an Cli. of lond to ley to pledge to spend vpon your poore Oratours, It may therefore please your noble grace of your habundant charitie not oonly to graunt youre poore Oratours the kinges most gracioux ayde and yours in the premisses, But also to commaunde the said Thomas Aylward & Christofer Branston personally to appere afore your grace and other the lordes of the kynges most honourable Counsell at a day certayn, and vnder a certayn payne by your grace to be lymyted there to aunswere to the premysses, & Farther tabide all suche ordre therin As by your grace shalbe thought to stond with right & Justice & the Comon wele of youre poore Oratours & other the Kynges poore subgiettes. Thus at the Reuerence of Jhesu and in the way of Charitie. And all youre poore Oratours shall daily pray to almyghtty God for the prosperouse preseruacion of your noble grace longe to endure. (Indorsed in modern hand) Yaxley, Inhabitants of, v. Ailward & Al.
