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? petitioner name(s) illegible Copy of a writ to Stonor commanding him to search...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/11/543F

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This record is about the ? petitioner name(s) illegible Copy of a writ to Stonor commanding him to search... dating from [1339] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/11/543F
Date
[1339]
Description
Petitioners
? petitioner name(s) illegible
Nature of request
Copy of a writ to Stonor commanding him to search the rolls and memoranda of Herle, former justice of the Bench which are in his custody for the contents of the record and process of an assize of darrein presentment summoned before Herle at Westminster 6 Edw. III between Woodhouse and the prior of Pontefract concerning the advowson of the church of St Sampson, York.
Nature of endorsement
By the chancellor.
Places mentioned
York
Berkhamsted, [Hertfordshire].
People mentioned
Edward III, King of England
John de Stonore (Stonor), chief justice of the Bench
William Herle, justice of the Bench
Robert de Wodehous (Woodhouse), archdeacon of Richmond
prior of Pontefract
Edward [of Windsor], Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester.
Note
The writ is dated to 1339 with SC 8/11/543A, the petition with which it was formerly enclosed. The writ itself is dated by its dating clause to 13 May 1339.
Related material

The petition relating to this document is SC 8/11/543A

A further related document originally bound together with this document is is SC 8/11/543B

A further related document originally bound together with this document is SC 8/11/543C

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8939
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060675/

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