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? No Petitioner named Writ of Richard II, under the great seal, ordering John Sumpter...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/21/1041B

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ of Richard II, under the great seal, ordering John Sumpter... dating from 1391 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/21/1041B
Date
1391
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Writ of Richard II, under the great seal, ordering John Sumpter to appear before him and his council on the Friday after the feast of St Edmund, king and martyr, to answer concerning certain allegations made by Alice de la Mare.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
People mentioned
Richard [II], King of England
John Sumpter
Alice de la Mare
John Mary.
Note
Dated at Westminster, 12 November, 15 Richard II (1391).
Related material

The petition to which this writ relates is SC 8/21/1041A

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
C 47/14/3; Parliamentary Petition 5448
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061204/

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