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Herbert de St Quintin. Quintin Herbert King and council. St Quintin requests that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8553

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Reference
SC 8/172/8553
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
Herbert de St Quintin.
Name(s)
Quintin, Herbert
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
St Quintin requests that the justices of the Bench hearing the suit of Constable against him for custody of Amand de Routh be ordered to excuse him from delivering Routh to Constable because St Quintin has already delivered him to the late king which cannot be contested and he has the letters that attest this.
Nature of endorsement
He should go to the justices before whom the plea is pending and there aid himself by the law.
Places mentioned
Yorkshire
Stamford, [Lincolnshire]
Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Holderness, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Piers de Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall
William de Melton, late provost of Beverley
Amand [de Ruwe (Routh)], son and heir of John de Routh
Robert le Constable of Holderness.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1327 as the petition refers to actions by Edward, the king's father, and other petitions relating to this date to the later years of Edward II (SC 8/40/1980).
Related material

For a related document, see SC 8/265/13221

For a petition by Constable on the same matter, see SC 8/40/1980

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/C9294418/

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