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Robert de Clifford. de Clifford Robert King and Council. [This petition is badly...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8387

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Reference
SC 8/168/8387
Date
[c. 1335]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Clifford.
Name(s)
de Clifford, Robert
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
[This petition is badly damaged and sections are now missing.]Robert de Clifford requests that letters of supersedeas be issued to the justices in the dispute between him and Fitzhugh over certain lands in Westmorland and Yorkshire. He asks that proceedings be stayed until the perambulations granted to FitzHugh have been made.
Nature of endorsement
Have writs to the justices to take no action in this matter until the perambulations are made as requested.
Places mentioned
Westmorland
Yorkshire.
People mentioned
Henry FitzHugh, knight.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1335, with reference to other commissions and orders relating to the dispute between Clifford and FitzHugh at this time.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/12/563

For another petition possibly from the same petitioner, see SC 8/279/13909

For another petition from the same petitioner and the earl of Warwick, see SC 8/149/7437

For a related petition, see SC 8/201/10029

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.134-5 (order to the justices of assize relating to this dispute)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1469 (inquisition relating to this dispute)
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