The Danby Raid

6 December 1353

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6 December 1353

A Commission of oyer and terminor was given to William de Greystok on 6 December 1353 touching the evildoers, including John Colinman of Farnedale (FAR00043), who lately broke to closes, houses and parks of William son and heir of William Latymer, tenant in chief at Danby and hunted therein and carried away deer, and assaulted his men and servants whereby he lost their service for a great time (Calendar of Patent Rolls, 27 Edward III, Part III, page 541 and index).

of oyer and terminor to William de Greystok … touching the evildoers who lately broke to closes, houses and parks of William son and heir of William Latymer, tenant in chief at Daneby, co York, while these were in the king’s hands by reason of the nonage of the said heir, entered his free chace there, hunted therein and carried away deer, and assaulted his men and servants whereby he lost their service for a great time. The like complaint by William Latymer that John, prior of Gisborne, Robert de Thornton, his fellow canon, Nicholas Rosels … John Colinman of Farnedale (FAR00043) … and others broke etc (as above) …6 December 1353.

A Commission of Oyer and Terminer was a legal commission issued in England, authorizing judges to hear and determine criminal cases, particularly those involving serious offenses like treason, felonies, and misdemeanors. It literally means to hear and determine in Anglo-French, reflecting its purpose of both investigating and adjudicating cases. By the commission of oyer and terminer the commissioners (in practice the judges of assize, though other persons were named with them in the commission) were commanded to make diligent inquiry into all treasons, felonies and misdemeanours whatever committed in the counties specified in the commission, and to hear and determine the same according to law. The inquiry was by means of the grand jury; after the grand jury had found the bills of indictment submitted to it, the commissioners proceeded to hear and determine by means of the petit jury. The words oyer and terminer were also used to denote the court that had jurisdiction to try offences within the limits to which the commission of oyer and terminer extended.

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