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Ranulph (Ralph) de Stoke of Cheshire. de Stoke Ranulph (Ralph) King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/140/6994

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This record is about the Ranulph (Ralph) de Stoke of Cheshire. de Stoke Ranulph (Ralph) King and council.... dating from [c. 1375-c. 1400] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/140/6994
Date
[c. 1375-c. 1400]
Description
Petitioners
Ranulph (Ralph) de Stoke of Cheshire.
Name(s)
de Stoke, Ranulph (Ralph)
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request for relief in an error pending in the common bench.
Nature of endorsement
Instructions for assembling and taking advice from the justices.
Places mentioned
Cheshire.
People mentioned
William de Beston
Isabella [de Beston], wife of William de Beston
Henry de Beston.
Note
No firm date is established for this petition, but the hand suggests some time in the second half of the fourteenth century and the hand used in the endorsement is distinctive enough to confine the date range to the last quarter of that century.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295962/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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