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Simon le Baillif. Baillif Simon King and council. Baillif requests delivery of his...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/91/4536

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Reference
SC 8/91/4536
Date
[c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Simon le Baillif.
Name(s)
Baillif, Simon
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Baillif requests delivery of his lands which were seized into the king's hand because he is one of the tenants of the earl of Hereford, and also his body which was taken for the same reason.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be put by mainprise in the form of the petition if it is by this reason.
People mentioned
[Humphrey de Bohun], Earl of Hereford.
Note
The petition clearly dates to c. 1322, and probably dates to 1322 as it refers to the seizure of the estates of the late earl of Hereford following his death at Boroughbridge in the revolt against the king.
Related material

For transcript, see no.8 of PRO 31/7/103

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 512
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149082/

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