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? No Petitioner named Writ of Richard II, dated at Westminster on 23 November 1397,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/221/11032

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ of Richard II, dated at Westminster on 23 November 1397,... dating from 1397 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/221/11032
Date
1397
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Writ of Richard II, dated at Westminster on 23 November 1397, to Robert Duke, ordering him to appear before the king and the council on the following Thursday to answer charges brought by William Ely, parson of Beccles.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Beklys (Beccles), [Suffolk]
Westminster.
People mentioned
Richard II, King of England
Robert Duke
William Ely, parson of Beccles.
Note
Dated in the dating clause to 23 November 1397.
Related material

For another similar writ to Robert Garneys see SC 8/221/11032

For the original petition from Ely see SC 8/221/11041

For the remains of a chancery warrant with which these writs are associated see SC 8/221/11034

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/C9334592/

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