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? No Petitioner named A letter to the King, stating that Richard le Heriche, clerk,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/195/9730

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named A letter to the King, stating that Richard le Heriche, clerk,... dating from [? c. 1304] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/195/9730
Date
[? c. 1304]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
A letter to the King, stating that Richard le Heriche, clerk, is in prison because he struck and insulted the Bailiff of Guernsey while exercising his office in the King's Hall, and asking that, as this case is reserved for the King, he might ordain such a punishment as will be an example to others.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Guernsey, [Channel Islands].
People mentioned
Richard le Heriche, clerk
[Edward I], King of England
[Margaret of France], Queen of England.
Note
Letter dated 8 January, but without year.Dated on the basis of m.2 of JUST 1/1159, which dates to 1304.
Related material

For a complaint in the assize roll by a Richard le Heriche against John de Newent, lately bailiff of Guernsey, see m 2 of JUST 1/1159

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), p.88 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295617/

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