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Henry Fitz Hugh. Fitz Hugh Henry King and council. Fitz Hugh states that he was awarded...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/112/5561

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Reference
SC 8/112/5561
Date
[1335]
Description
Petitioners
Henry Fitz Hugh.
Name(s)
Fitz Hugh, Henry
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Fitz Hugh states that he was awarded damages against Louther following a suit brought by a writ of trespass, but Louther has been mainprised delaying the execution, though he should not have been mainprised, and no writs of the privy or great seal should disturb common right as was ordained by the Statute of Northampton.
Nature of endorsement
He requests reason and for this let it be done and the statute be kept.
Places mentioned
Northampton, [Northamptonshire].
People mentioned
Hugh de Louther
Geoffrey de Scrop (Scrope).
Note
The petition dates to 1335 as the sheriff of Yorkshire was ordered to proceed in the outlawry of Louther notwithstanding his writ of the privy seal on 3 October 1335 (CCR 1333-7, p.531).
Related material

For a related document, see SC 8/307/15314

For a related document, see no.8310 in C 81/219

For a related document, see no.18697 in C 81/325

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/12/583

For transcript, see no.58 of PRO 31/7/104

For a copy of a related writ, see SC 8/166/8262

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3534
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.531 (order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to proceed in the outlawry notwithstanding the privy seal writ of Louther)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150228/

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