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Lost. King . . . [The petition is very badly damaged and the sense of the petition...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8575

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This record is about the Lost. King . . . [The petition is very badly damaged and the sense of the petition... dating from [1303] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/172/8575
Date
[1303]
Description
Petitioners
Lost.
Addressees
King . . .
Nature of request
[The petition is very badly damaged and the sense of the petition is difficult to recover].
Nature of endorsement
[None].
People mentioned
Hugh le Despenser
William [...]
Robert [...].
Note
The petition is dated in the guard notes to 1303 linking a chancery warrant to this petition (CCW 1244-1326, p.198). The petition is too fragmentary to conclusively confirm this connection.
Related material

For the warrant for the letters to be made for Despenser, see no.4124 in C 81/41

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.198 (mandate to make letters for Despenser which have been delayed concerning the punishment of trespasses done against him)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294440/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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