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William de Culwen, knight. de Culwen William King and lords of parliament. William...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/21/1049

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Reference
SC 8/21/1049
Date
[1394]
Description
Petitioners
William de Culwen, knight.
Name(s)
de Culwen, William
Addressees
King and lords of parliament.
Nature of request
William de Culwen states that there are errors in the record, process and promulgation of the outlawry pronounced against him for the death of John de Louthre, at the suit of John's brother Robert, before John de Cavendissh and his companions, justices of King's Bench, and he requests that the record, process and outlawry be brought into the present parliament, and that Robert and the chief lords of whom William holds his lands and tenements, if there are any, between the death of John and the present, might be warned to come to the same parliament, and that the record, process and outlawry might be examined and corrected there, and justice further done to him.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
People mentioned
Robert de Louthre (Lowther)
John de Cavendissh (Cavendish), Justice of King's Bench
John de Louthre (Lowther).
Note
Enrolled on the roll of the parliament held at Westminster at the Quinzaine of St Hilary, 17 Richard II (1394) (Rot. Parl. vol. III, p.316a-b)
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1922
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.316a-b (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061212/

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