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Elizabeth Zouche, widow of Lord de Zouche (la Zouche). Zouche Elizabeth Lords of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/23/1109

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This record is about the Elizabeth Zouche, widow of Lord de Zouche (la Zouche). Zouche Elizabeth Lords of... dating from [1406] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/23/1109
Date
[1406]
Description
Petitioners
Elizabeth Zouche, widow of Lord de Zouche (la Zouche).
Name(s)
Zouche, Elizabeth
Addressees
Lords of parliament.
Nature of request
Elizabeth Zouche, widow of Lord de Zouche, complains that, as a result of a plea between them, William, Lord de Zouche, has sent armed men to lie in wait for her, her children and her servants, to kill them, and they have attacked her servant, John Hunte, and cut off his right arm, and frightened her daughter Elizabeth into premature birth during an attack on her house. She requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
A writ is to be sent to William, Lord de Zouche, to appear before the king and his council in parliament, on the morrow of the Trinity next; and writs are also to be sent to the Justices of the Peace or the Sheriff of the county, to have the above-mentioned trespassers arrested, and to have them find security to keep the peace, as the law demands.
Places mentioned
Eyton (Eaton Bray), [Bedfordshire]
Dunstaple (Dunstable), [Bedfordshire].
People mentioned
[William la Zouche], Lord de Zouche (la Zouche), husband of the petitioner
William [la Zouche], Lord de Zouche (la Zouche)
John Hunte, servant of petitioner
Elizabeth [Arundell (Arundel)], daughter of petitioner
John Arundell (Arundel), husband of Elizabeth Arundell.
Note
The associated writ summoning Lord de Zouche before parliament is dated at Westminster, 28 May, 7 Henry IV (1406) (Rot. Parl. vol. III p.566b)
Related material

For a copy of a writ formerly attached to this petition see SC 8/153/7637

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 9061
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), pp.565b-566b (no.12) (full edition of original petition and associated writ)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061276/

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