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Robert de Lyle. de Lyle Robert King. Lyle requests the king's aid in the case between...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/246/12253

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Reference
SC 8/246/12253
Date
[1339]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Lyle.
Name(s)
de Lyle, Robert
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Lyle requests the king's aid in the case between him and the earl of Lancaster, the earl challenging his right to the wardship and marriage of John Peverel, though he has no right in the same.
Nature of endorsement
This letter came 24 day of January, 12 [Edward III].
People mentioned
[Henry of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
John Peverel, son and heir of Edmund Peverel
Edmund Peverel
John de Stonore (Stonor).
Note
The petition dates to 1339 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 4 February 1339 [13 Edw. III] (C 81/250/11477).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 11477 in C 81/250

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1339-1341, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.121 (order to the justices to continue the plea but not to go to judgment)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439859/

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