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Maud de Wycombe. de Wycombe Maud [King] Maud de Wycombe states that her son has been...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/148/7371

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Reference
SC 8/148/7371
Date
[? c. 1305]
Description
Petitioners
Maud de Wycombe.
Name(s)
de Wycombe, Maud
Addressees
[King]
Nature of request
Maud de Wycombe states that her son has been falsely imprisoned in Northampton castle for six years, and that she has sued to the King throughout England and Scotland during this time for his release, and that she has never been able to have this because of the people of Oxford, although the King has granted it five times.
Nature of endorsement
The justices are to be ordered to inform the King of the reason why they have not proceeded to delivery of him as they have done with others.
Places mentioned
Scotland
Northampton, [Northamptonshire]
Oxford, Oxfordshire.
Note
This petition seems to be roughly contemporary with SC 8/149/7410, which seems to be datable to c. 1305.
Related material

For a related petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/149/7410

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209556/

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