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Robert Madsall of Hedon. Madsall Robert King [The right edge of this petition is...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/181/9013
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/181/9013
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1387]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Madsall of Hedon.
- Name(s)
- Madsall, Robert
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- [The right edge of this petition is damaged.]Robert Madsall requests remedy against John Skakell regarding a long-running dispute following Skakell's discovery of a chest containing 500 marks, which should have been handed to the king as of his right. Various commissions and letters have been issued and ignored, and Beauchamp summoned the petitioner before the seneschal of the Marshalsea when the king visited Hull, but little has been done, the bailiffs dare not carry out their orders for fear of death, and Skakell, with the help of others including Veel and Ravene, have attacked Madsall and imprisoned him.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be sent to the Chancery, and summon the people and let right be done.
- Places mentioned
- Hedon, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Halsham, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire]
- Pontefract, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Catwick, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- John Skakell of Hedon
- John Constable of Halsham, knight
- John de Beauchamp, seneschal
- John Frankys, bailiff
- Amand Veel of Catwick
- Thomas Ravene of Hedon
- sheriff of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1383-4, with reference to commissions issued in relation to this case on 5 February 1383 and 16 November 1384. However, the letter with which the petition was enclosed, ordering the council to act upon the complaint, was dated at Drayton Basset on 26 June. No year is given, but Richard II's itinerary clearly shows that this was 1387 (N. Saul, Richard II (New Haven, 1997), p.471). Presumably the petition was presented shortly before that date, and formed a rather later part of the process.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a letter ordering action on this petition, with which it was formerly enclosed, see no.6 of SC 1/43
For a related petition see SC 8/225/11250
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.255 (commission of enquiry into this matter) & p.506 (similar commission)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294890/
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