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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Rous. Rous Robert King. [The petition is damaged and a portion of the right-hand...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/232/11573
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This record is about the Robert Rous. Rous Robert King. [The petition is damaged and a portion of the right-hand... dating from [1405] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/232/11573
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1405]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Rous.
- Name(s)
- Rous, Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is damaged and a portion of the right-hand of the document is missing].Rous requests that he be delivered from prison since he was taken in the company of Lady Despenser though he was not guilty of anything.Memorandum that on 14 April at Cokeford a writ of the king was directed to the constable of the Tower of London [to have the petitioner] before the king in Chancery in the morrow of St George next.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Cokeford [unidentified]
- Tower of London, London.
- People mentioned
- [Constance le Despenser], Lady Despenser.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, no.4278 of C 81/625, was dated at Westminster on 10 April 1405.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.4278 of C 81/625
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 487.
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335132/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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