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William le Zousche (Zouche); Eleanor le Zousche (Zouche), his wife. Zousche (Zouche);...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/157/7801

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This record is about the William le Zousche (Zouche); Eleanor le Zousche (Zouche), his wife. Zousche (Zouche);... dating from [1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/157/7801
Date
[1331]
Description
Petitioners
William le Zousche (Zouche); Eleanor le Zousche (Zouche), his wife.
Name(s)
Zousche (Zouche); Zousche (Zouche), William; Eleanor
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The Zousches request remedy for while she was imprisoned Mortimer forced them to grant to him the lands of Glamorgan and Morgannwg and other lands so that she could be delivered.1)
Nature of endorsement
He should have a writ to bring the cause of the attachment and the taking before the council. The writ should be directed to John de Stonor, and he should also bring the fine levied before him and his companions concerning the lands before the council in parliament.2) And afterwards Stonor came before the council and said that he did not wish to speak concerning the cause without the king's command, and he said that he had spoken to the king who had said to him that he wished to . . . certain people to the business.3) Let this matter be discussed before those assigned, and afterwards show the king.
Places mentioned
Tower of London, [London]
Windsor, [Berkshire]
Devizes, [Wiltshire]
Glamorgan, [Wales]
Morgannwg, [Wales]
Hanley, Worcestershire
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.
People mentioned
[Isabella of France], Queen of England
Roger de Mortemer (Mortimer), earl of March.
Note
The petition is dated to 1331 by the order for restitution issued probably in response to the petition (CPR 1330-4, p.51).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioners see SC 8/179/8915

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.51 (order for restitution once the king is satisfied for jewels stolen by Eleanor de la Zouche)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209993/

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