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? No Petitioner named Writ of Richard II, dated at Winchester, 6 February 1393, to...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6272

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Reference
SC 8/126/6272
Date
1393
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Writ of Richard II, dated at Winchester, 6 February 1393, to Arundel and Burnell, ordering them to conduct an examination into the contents of the enclosed petition.
Nature of endorsement
I have examined the parties mentioned in this writ concerning the contents of the petition, and since I could not obtain the information, I have taken an inquisition by the oath of twelve good men, and the inquisition appears in the attached schedule.
Places mentioned
Winchester, [Hampshire].
People mentioned
Richard [II], King of England
Richard [FitzAlan], Earl of Arundel
Hugh Burnell
Robert Midelton (Middelton).
Note
Dated in the dating clause to 6 February 1393.
Related material

For the petition formerly attached to this writ see SC 8/126/6273

For the resultant inquisition see SC 8/126/6274

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5631
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.210 (summary translation of writ and endorsement)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208446/

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