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William de Ros (Roos) of Helmsley. de Ros (Roos) William King and council. Ros requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/204/10162

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Reference
SC 8/204/10162
Date
[1324]
Description
Petitioners
William de Ros (Roos) of Helmsley.
Name(s)
de Ros (Roos), William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Ros requests remedy as Mauleverer is demanding £200 from him for a sum that he became bound in at the request of the commons of the country around Knaresborough Castle, and for the common profit. He and the sheriff of Yorkshire with the power of the country besieged Lilleburn in Knareborough Castle, and because they feared that the castle would be relieved by the Scots they agreed to give Lilleburn safe passage for the surrender of the castle, but Lilleburn refused to satisfy Mauleverer for goods and chattels that Lilleburn had taken from him and for which he was impleaded so at the request of the commons he became obliged to Maulever in the sum.1)
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.2) Let certain people be assigned in Chancery to enquire upon the contents in the petition, and when the inquisition has been returned let the king be certified.
Places mentioned
Hamlake (Helmsley), [North Riding of Yorkshire]
Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
John de Lilburn (Lilleburn)
[Nicholas de Grey], sheriff of York
Thomas Randolf
John Mauleverer.
Note
The petition dates to 1324 as the associated documents date to March-May 1324 (SC 8/204/10163-5) and the patent roll entry ordering the levying of part of the sum for the petitioner was issued on 28 June 1324 (CPR 1321-4, p.433).
Related material

For a related petition on the same matter, see SC 8/87/4308

For a writ formerly appended to this petition, see SC 8/204/10163

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.433 (order to levy £100 from the county and nothing to be done on the other £100 until otherwise ordered)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333717/

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