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Maurice Russel. Russel Maurice King. Maurice Russel requests the King's charter of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/69/3426

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This record is about the Maurice Russel. Russel Maurice King. Maurice Russel requests the King's charter of... dating from [1302] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/69/3426
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
Maurice Russel.
Name(s)
Russel, Maurice
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Maurice Russel requests the King's charter of pardon for himself and for Robert Fitz Henry, his valet, for all manner of trespasses committed against his peace within his realm, in consideration of their service in Scotland.
Nature of endorsement
Charters are to be given to them under the King's seal in Ireland.
Places mentioned
Ireland
Scotland.
People mentioned
Robert Fitz Henry, valet of Maurice Russel.
Note
CPR 1301-7 p.20 is dated 15 February 1302, and would appear to be the result of this petition.
Related material

Another petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/69/3424

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6887
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.20 (pardon to petitioner and Fitz Henry)
  • Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.23 (brief calendar)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107197/

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