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? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward II to the sheriff of Yorkshire commanding him...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/204/10163

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward II to the sheriff of Yorkshire commanding him... dating from 1324 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/204/10163
Date
1324
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Writ of Edward II to the sheriff of Yorkshire commanding him to empanel a jury at a place and time to be specified by Doncaster and Hopton for the inquisition upon the complaint by William de Roos concerning his liability for a sum in which he is obliged to John Mauleverer which was made to secure the surrender of Knaresborough castle.
Nature of endorsement
[On face].By petition of the council.On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Hamlake (Helmsley), [North Riding of Yorkshire]
Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Westminster.
People mentioned
Edward II, King of England
[Roger de Somerville], sheriff of Yorkshire
William de Ros (Roos) of Helmsley
John de Lilburn (Lilleburn)
[Nicholas de Grey], sheriff of York
Thomas Randolf
John Mauleverer
John de Donecastre (Doncaster)
Adam de Hopton.
Note
The writ is dated in its dating clause to 27 March 1324 (17 Edw. II).
Related material

For the inquisition for which this jury was to be empanelled, see SC 8/204/10165

For the petition to which this writ was formerly attached, see SC 8/204/10162

For a related writ formerly appended with this writ, see SC 8/204/10164

For a related petition, see SC 8/87/4308

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333718/

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