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? No Petitioner named Writ from Edward II to Henry le Scrop, Chief Justice, stating...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/86/4288

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ from Edward II to Henry le Scrop, Chief Justice, stating... dating from 1318 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/86/4288
Date
1318
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Writ from Edward II to Henry le Scrop, Chief Justice, stating that Philip de Melton has petitioned him about his removal from the office of Crier in King's Bench, and asking Henry to provide for that office as other Chief Justices have done.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
York.
People mentioned
Edward [II], King of England
Henry le Scrop (le Scrope), Chief Justice
Philip de Melton
Roger le Brabanzon, Chief Justice.
Note
Dated at York, 16 November 12 Edward II (1318).
Related material

For a writ from the King to the Mayor of London to provide for Philip de Melton, see SC 8/86/4289

For a letter from the Queen to the Mayor, Aldermen and community of London to provide for Philip de Melton, see SC 8/86/4290

For the petition to which this writ relates, see SC 8/86/4287

For another petition from the same petitioner on this matter, see SC 8/326/E734

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5840
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.32 (enrolment of this writ)
  • Select Cases in the Court of King's Bench, vol. V, Edw III, Ed. G.O. Sayles, (Selden Society, vol. LXXVI, 1958), p.cxix (entry b) (full edition of writ)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148830/

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