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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Hastings, Earl of Pembroke; William la Zouche of Harringworth. Hastings, Earl...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/19/926
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/19/926
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Hastings, Earl of Pembroke; William la Zouche of Harringworth.
- Name(s)
- Hastings, Earl of Pembroke; Zouche, John; William
- Addressees
- King and other lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- John, Earl of Pembroke, in the king's wardship, and William la Zouche of Harringworth, state that an inquest was to be held before William de Meolton, knight, now sheriff of Yorkshire, then the escheator, between the king, and the petitioners, kinsmen and heirs of William de Cauntelow, knight, and Thomas, son of Robert de Roos of Ingmanthorpe, knight, concerning certain lands in the aforesaid county. Through collusion between Robert de Roos and the Escheator, many of those empanelled were tenants of Robert de Roos, of Richard de Scrop, of Brian de Stapulton, and of other malevolent persons, and were from distant parts with no knowledge of the truth. They were challenged on these grounds and others, but the Escheator went ahead and took the inquest anyway, to the detriment of the king's right and theirs. They request a remedy, and that William de Meolton be no longer allowed to continue in office.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Harringworth, [Northamptonshire]
- Ingmanthorpe, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Meolton (Melton), knight, now Sheriff of Yorkshire and formerly Escheator of Yorkshire
- William de Cauntelow (Cantilupe), knight
- Thomas [de Roos]
- Robert de Roos of Ingmanthorpe, knight
- Brian de Stapulton (Stapelton).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by a note on the guard to '1380, cf. 9127 and List of Sheriffs'. The List of Sheriffs lists William de Melton as sheriff of Yorkshire between 5 November 1379 and 3 March 1380: he does not account, and his successor, John Sayvill, knight, accounts for the whole year. It seems possible that his early removal from office was as a result of this petition and/or other similar complaints. According to the List of Escheators, he was Escheator for Yorkshire between 26 November 1377 and 26 November 1378.CCR 1381-5 p.338 is dated at Westminster, 6 November 1383. The William la Zouche mentioned here is the son of the petitioner.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Another petition by the same petitioners is SC 8/183/9127
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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 6554
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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 Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), p.338 (order to justices to proceed in the case)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.79a-80b (transcription of another petition by the same petitioners on parliament roll, with judicial process following from petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061081/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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