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Helen de Louches, widow of Richard de Louches. de Louches Helen King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/59/2920

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This record is about the Helen de Louches, widow of Richard de Louches. de Louches Helen King and council.... dating from [1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/59/2920
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
Helen de Louches, widow of Richard de Louches.
Name(s)
de Louches, Helen
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Helen, widow of Richard de Louches, asks to be able to sue certain people who came with force and arms to the manors belonging to her and her husband and carried off their goods, at a time when they had been chased from these manors by Hugh le Despenser the father.
Nature of endorsement
She is to sue at common law.
Places mentioned
Oxfordshire.
People mentioned
Richard de Louches
Hugh le Despenser the father.
Note
CPR 1327-30 p.84 is dated 13 March 1327, and seems to be the result of this petition. There is another copy of the same entry on p.86.
Related material

For a related petition from the petitioner is SC 8/59/2918

For a related petition from Richard de Louches' son is SC 8/59/2919

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4734
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.84 (commission of oyer et terminer on complaint by the petitioner and others of robberies made against them)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063140/

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