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Robert de Hulton of Tutbury. de Hulton Robert King and Council. Robert de Hulton...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5784

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Reference
SC 8/116/5784
Date
[1325]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Hulton of Tutbury.
Name(s)
de Hulton, Robert
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
Robert de Hulton requests mercy. He was convicted before the king's justices at Tutbury of stealing a small silver keg, but the keg was taken to the king at Derby by Edmund le Pechour.
Nature of endorsement
Let Robert and Edmund come before the king and they shall have justice and have the writs.Coram Rege.
Places mentioned
Tutbury, [Staffordshire]
Derby, [Derbyshire].
People mentioned
John de Stonoure (Stonor), justice
Robert de Malvesthorpe (Malberthorp, Mablethorpe), justice
Edmund le Pechour (Peschour).
Note
The order to acquit Hulton of the sums due was made on 5 March 1325. The keg appears to have been amongst the goods forfeited by the Contrariants (presumably Thomas of Lancaster).
Related material

For transcript, see no.62 of PRO 31/7/97

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4237
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.262 (order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to acquit Hulton of the 5 marks charged against him for the silver keg, which has come into the king's hands)
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