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Margery de Roos. de Roos Margery King. Roos requests that the earl of March be given...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/246/12295

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This record is about the Margery de Roos. de Roos Margery King. Roos requests that the earl of March be given... dating from [1355] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/246/12295
Date
[1355]
Description
Petitioners
Margery de Roos.
Name(s)
de Roos, Margery
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Roos requests that the earl of March be given without making account the custody of the lands of Avenel which were taken into the king's hand for trespass and debt, and giving her her sustenance for the time that the lands were in the king's hand
Nature of endorsement
[None].
People mentioned
John Avenel
[Roger de Mortimer], Earl of March.
Note
The petition dates to 1355 as the earl of March was granted custody of Avenel's lands on 15 July 1355 (CPR 1354-8, pp. 266, 270, 271).
Related material

For the secret seal warrant with which this petition was originally enclosed see no. 23 in C 81/1334

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. X, 1354-1358, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.220 (grant of protection to the petitioner and her people) & pp.266, 270, 271 (grants of custody of Avenel's lands to the earl of March) & p.304 (licence for Avenel to answer the divorce demanded against him by the petitioner in whatsoever prison he is found)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439901/

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