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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Roger Lassels (Lascelles). Lassels (Lascelles) Roger King. Lassels requests justice...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/250/12471
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This record is about the Roger Lassels (Lascelles). Lassels (Lascelles) Roger King. Lassels requests justice... dating from [1425] 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 8/250/12471
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1425]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger Lassels (Lascelles).
- Name(s)
- Lassels (Lascelles), Roger
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Lassels requests justice since as the grandson and heir of Ralph Lascelles he should be seised of the advowson of the church of Kirby Knowle, as was his grandfather who presented Selby, who was duly instituted and inducted by the then archbishop of York in the time of Richard II, but after Selby's death the King presented Calais.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition was read at Westminster before the lords of the council on 16 June in the third year [1425] and it was agreed that justice would be done.
- Places mentioned
- Kirby Knowle, [North Riding of] Yorkshire
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Ralph Lassels (Lascelles), grandfather of the petitioner
- Reginald Selby, clerk
- archbishop of York
- Richard II, King of England
- Ralph Lassels (Lascelles), son of Ralph Lascelles and father of the petitioner
- William Caleys (Calais), chaplain.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated in the endorsement to 16 June 3 [Henry VI] (1425). This is also the date of the Chancery warrant with which it was formerly enclosed (C 81/684 no.1456).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery writ in which this was formerly enclosed see no.1456 of C 81/684
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. I, 1422-1429 , (Public Record Office, 1901), p.304 (commission to hold an inquisition in accordance with this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440077/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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