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Hugh de Wrottesleye (Wrottesley). de Wrottesleye (Wrottesley) Hugh [John of Gaunt],...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/146/7269

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This record is about the Hugh de Wrottesleye (Wrottesley). de Wrottesleye (Wrottesley) Hugh [John of Gaunt],... dating from [1377] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/146/7269
Date
[1377]
Description
Petitioners
Hugh de Wrottesleye (Wrottesley).
Name(s)
de Wrottesleye (Wrottesley), Hugh
Addressees
[John of Gaunt], King of Castile & Leon & Duke of Lancaster, and the other lords of parliament.
Nature of request
Hugh de Wrottesleye states that Adam de Peshale has submitted a petition to parliament against him, and asks that Adam might uphold that bill; and that, if he does not wish to do so, that the Duke and lords might give such a judgment as seems just to them.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
People mentioned
Adam de Peshale.
Note
The petition to which this petition refers would appear to be SC 8/146/7271, presented to the parliament of 1377.
Related material

For transcript, see no.108 of PRO 31/7/110

For a related writ to Hugh de Wrottesleye, see SC 8/146/7270

For another petition from Hugh de Wrottesleye, see SC 8/146/7282

For the related petition from Adam de Peshale, see SC 8/146/7271

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • A History of the Family of Wrottesley of Wrottesley, G. Wrottesley, (Societe Jersiaise, Bulletin, vol.III, pp, 1903), pp.147-8 (abstracts and discussion of this and related documents)
  • The King's Council in England during the Middle Ages, J.F. Baldwin, (, 1913), p.331 (transcript of clause of address)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209452/

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