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

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.

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

• 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)