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Roger de Laun (Laneham). de Laun; Laneham Roger King. The petitioners seeks (for...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/58/2857

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Reference
SC 8/58/2857
Date
[1324]
Description
Petitioners
Roger de Laun (Laneham).
Name(s)
de Laun; Laneham, Roger
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The petitioners seeks (for his long service to the king's father in Scotland and England) jurisdiction of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the Wapentake of Harthill, to hold to himself freely, rendering each year to the sheriff of Yorkshire.
Nature of endorsement
This is not one to allow.Coram Rege.
Places mentioned
Scotland
West Riding of Yorkshire
Harthill wapentake, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Edward II, King of England
Edward I, King of England.
Note
Dated to 1324 on the basis of Rot. Parl. I, p. 420b (no. 13).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5320
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. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.420b (no. 13) (text of petition)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 416-429, no. 13 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063077/

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