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Gerard Salveyn (Salvin), formerly Sheriff of Yorkshire and Escheator north of the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/193/9610

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This record is about the Gerard Salveyn (Salvin), formerly Sheriff of Yorkshire and Escheator north of the... dating from [1316] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/193/9610
Date
[1316]
Description
Petitioners
Gerard Salveyn (Salvin), formerly Sheriff of Yorkshire and Escheator north of the Trent.
Name(s)
Salveyn (Salvin), Gerard
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Sheriff of Yorkshire and Escheator north of the Trent
Nature of request
Gerard Salveyn states that he is in prison for certain trespasses of which he was convicted before Hugh de Louthre and his companions, justices appointed to inquire into, and to hear and determine, trespasses committed by him by colour of his office while he was Sheriff of Yorkshire and Escheator north of the Trent, and that he has a writ to have the record and process of some of these judgments brought before the King so that he can show the errors they contain: and therefore asks that he might be released on mainprise until these errors have been examined.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Yorkshire.
People mentioned
Hugh de Louthre (Louther), justice.
Note
Formerly enclosed with CCW 1244-1326 p.436, which is dated 27 February 1316. Gerard Salveyn was Sheriff of Yorkshire between March 1311 and October 1314, and Escheator north of the Trent between May 1308 and December 1309.
Related material

For a near duplicate (perhaps a fair copy) of this petition, and with an additional clause with responses, see SC 8/334/E1128

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.436 (order to the Chancellor and Treasurer to ordain what is reasonable on this matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295495/

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