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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Ledes (Leeds) of Pontefract. de Ledes (Leeds) John King and council. Ledes...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/15/732
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/15/732
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Ledes (Leeds) of Pontefract.
- Name(s)
- de Ledes (Leeds), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Ledes states that William de Vaune, late constable of Tickhill when he pursued the earl of Lancaster with other malefactors, took from him goods and chattels to the value of £200. He requests that a remedy be ordained for him and a writ of oyer and terminer.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue before the justices who are assigned of oyer and terminer.
- Places mentioned
- Pontefract, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Vaune (D'Aune), Constable of Tickhill
- [Thomas of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
- John de Donecastre (Doncaster), justice
- Robert de Reygate (Reigate), justice
- Adam de Hopton, justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Probably dating to the first parliament of Edward III's reign, as a commission of oyer and terminer was issued concerning Ledes's complaint on 12 March 1327.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 4789
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.86 (commission of oyer and terminer concerning Ledes' complaint)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.392b (no.82) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060873/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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