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Adam de Moldeworth of Cheshire. de Moldeworth Adam King and council. Request that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/207/10331

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This record is about the Adam de Moldeworth of Cheshire. de Moldeworth Adam King and council. Request that... dating from [c. 1341] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/207/10331
Date
[c. 1341]
Description
Petitioners
Adam de Moldeworth of Cheshire.
Name(s)
de Moldeworth, Adam
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request that the record and process of the petitioner's case in king's bench for the recovery of Little Barrow be brought before king and council; the matter has now been pending in the courts for nine years.
Nature of endorsement
The record and process to be brought and right will be done.
Places mentioned
Cheshire
Little Barrow, Cheshire.
People mentioned
William Scot, [chief] justice of king's bench.
Note
Dated on the guard by reference to CCR 1330-3, pp. 377, 481 and the reference in the petition to the matter having been in the courts for nine years; a dating of c. 1341 is compatible with the internal reference to Scot as chief justice of king's bench.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/261/13011

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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/C9333887/

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