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Lost. King and council. [The petition is badly damaged and in large parts illegible...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/153/7641

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This record is about the Lost. King and council. [The petition is badly damaged and in large parts illegible... dating from [? c. 1330-? c. 1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/153/7641
Date
[? c. 1330-? c. 1331]
Description
Petitioners
Lost.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damaged and in large parts illegible so that the sense is lost].The petitioner requests remedy concerning a commission and trespass.
Nature of endorsement
Let this petition be sent before the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer . . . this petition . . .
Places mentioned
Pontefract, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Constable of the castle of Pontefract.
Note
The petition is dated to? c. 1330-1331 on the basis of the guard note. Though the hand fits this dating, it is not clear how such a narrow dating is arrived at. It is not clear whether the dating of this petition, with the group of petitions from 153/7641-9, is justified.
Related material

For transcript, see no.61 of PRO 31/7/96

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/C9209830/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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