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People of Scarborough. King. Request that Herle and Scrope, assigned as justices...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/140/6965

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Reference
SC 8/140/6965
Date
[1324]
Description
Petitioners
People of Scarborough.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Request that Herle and Scrope, assigned as justices to inquire concerning the king's ministers, come to Scarborough to investigate oppressions committed there.
Nature of endorsement
Let them sue a writ to the justices.
Places mentioned
Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
William Herle, justice
Geoffrey le Scrope, justice.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.455 (commission to Scrope, Herle and John de Denum to make inquiry in Scarborough)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295932/

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