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William de Billing. de Billing William King and council. Billing requests grace of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/82/4054

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Reference
SC 8/82/4054
Date
[? 1320]
Description
Petitioners
William de Billing.
Name(s)
de Billing, William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Billing requests grace of the king's charter of peace for the death of Rodeyerd for which he is wrongfully indicted.1)
Nature of endorsement
The king is to be certified concerning the indictment, and will say his will on it.2) The king is not yet advised of this.3) Coram rege.
People mentioned
Robert de Rodeyerd.
Note
A note at the beginning of file 82 states that all of the petitions in this file appear to belong to the year 1320. There is no dating evidence for the petition, though the same clerk's name is endorsed on the petition as SC 8/82/4051 and 4053.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 863
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148594/

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