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Richard . . . Richard Richard Scrope, Chancellor. [The petition is too badly damaged...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/93/4610A

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This record is about the Richard . . . Richard Richard Scrope, Chancellor. [The petition is too badly damaged... dating from [1379] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/93/4610A
Date
[1379]
Description
Petitioners
Richard . . .
Name(s)
Richard
Addressees
Richard Scrope, Chancellor.
Nature of request
[The petition is too badly damaged by gall and faded to make any sense.]He requests a writ that . . . be put to sufficient mainprise to answer Salter . . . William be falsely imprisoned for the profit of the king . . .
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Exeter, [Devon].
People mentioned
Richard Scrope, Chancellor
John Salter of Exeter, one of the collectors of the last subsidy
William . . .
Note
The petition is dated to 1379 in accordance with the dating clause of the writ in which it was formerly enclosed (SC 8/93/4610B).
Related material

For the writ in which this petition was formerly enclosed see SC 8/93/4610B

For a related document, see SC 8/76/3795

For a related document see SC 8/108/5388

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 674
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149160/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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