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Robert Rydel (Rydal) of Great Somerford. Rydel (Rydal) Robert King, council and knights...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/138/6870

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This record is about the Robert Rydel (Rydal) of Great Somerford. Rydel (Rydal) Robert King, council and knights... dating from [c. 1377-c. 1399] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/138/6870
Date
[c. 1377-c. 1399]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Rydel (Rydal) of Great Somerford.
Name(s)
Rydel (Rydal), Robert
Addressees
King, council and knights of the shires for the commons of England.
Nature of request
Request that, since the matter cannot be dealt with at common law, the lords of parliament take cognisance of a dispute between the petitioner and Bluet, Russelle, Sergeant and Lucy.
Nature of endorsement
[None.]
Places mentioned
Somerford Maltravers (Great Somerford), [Wiltshire]
Gloucestershire
Wiltshire.
People mentioned
Isabella [Rydel (Rydal)], wife of the petitioner
Ralph Bluet
John Russelle (Russell)
John Sergeant
John Lucy
John Moubray (Mowbray), justice
Edmund Chelerey, justice.
Note
Internal evidence places this petition some time in the reign of Richard II, probably early in the reign.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Select Cases in the Court of King's Bench, vol. V, Edw III, Ed. G.O. Sayles, (Selden Society, vol. LXXVI, 1958), p.cliv (entry u) (edition of petition, wrongly listed as SC 8/138/6869)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209054/

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