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Robert Gunter. Gunter Robert King and council. Gunter requests that he can be served...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/203/10122

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Reference
SC 8/203/10122
Date
[c. 1323]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Gunter.
Name(s)
Gunter, Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Gunter requests that he can be served of the rent that he received from the tenants of Heage by assignment of the earl of Lancaster as the rent has been withheld since the forfeiture of the earl.1)
Nature of endorsement
He should come into Chancery and show what he has by licence of the king and justice will be done to him, and if he does not have a licence then he should make a fine, and justice will be done to him.2) Coram domino rege.
Places mentioned
Heage, Derbyshire.
People mentioned
Thomas of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1323 on the basis of the writ and inquisition formerly found enclosed with the petition (SC 8/203/10120-1).
Related material

For the writ formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/203/10120

For the inquisition formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/203/10121

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/C9333677/

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