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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Roulonde and the good people of Yorkshire, the jury in an inquisition. Roulonde...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/69/3417
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This record is about the John Roulonde and the good people of Yorkshire, the jury in an inquisition. Roulonde... dating from [1327-1340] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/69/3417
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Roulonde and the good people of Yorkshire, the jury in an inquisition.
- Name(s)
- Roulonde, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John Roulonde and the other petitioners, who were the jury in an inquisition of novel disseisin between Adam Deveryngham and Robert le Conestable, state that because they gave their verdict against Robert, he is threatening them all with loss of life and limb. They request grace and a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition is to be sent by writ to Geoffrey Lescrop and his companions, appointed to hold the King's pleas, and who are ordained to be in the county of Yorkshire to inquire into all manner of felonies etc. in the said county, according to the agreement made on this in parliament. And writs are to be sent to them on this, that, when they have heard their complaints, they are further to do what they ought to do, according to the law and the said agreement.
- Places mentioned
- Yorkshire.
- People mentioned
- Adam Deveryngham (Everingham)
- Robert le Conestable (Constable)
- Geoffrey Lescrop (Le Scrope), justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Assumed to date to the reign of Edward II, and before the death of Scrope in 1340. The judicial commission to which the endorsement refers could be one of several.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 6888
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107188/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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