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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh de Lacy, knight. de Lacy Hugh King. Lacy requests a writ to the mayor and bailiffs...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/243/12105
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This record is about the Hugh de Lacy, knight. de Lacy Hugh King. Lacy requests a writ to the mayor and bailiffs... dating from [1332] 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 8/243/12105
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh de Lacy, knight.
- Name(s)
- de Lacy, Hugh
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Lacy requests a writ to the mayor and bailiffs of Chester to deliver him from prison so that he can pursue his business so that the king can be certified of his estate. He was accused by Mortimer of having been with Bruce in Ireland until Bruce's death in battle, and was indicted and outlawed and forced into exile and has a years safe-conduct from the king to pursue the matter and to obtain certification on this for the king from the justice of Ireland, but was imprisoned at Chester by the same malicious allegations made by Croft.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Ireland.
- People mentioned
- Roger de Mortimer
- Edward de Bruys (Bruce)
- Hugh de Croft, son of Hugh de Croft, knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1332 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 24 July 1331 [6 Edw. III] (C 81/192/5666).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/56/2757
For an earlier petition by the same petitioner requesting the king's peace and the enquiry referred to in this petition, see SC 8/238/11877
For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 5666 in C 81/192
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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/C9439708/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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