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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Routh. de Routh John King. Routh requests justice since on 20 September in...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/250/12489
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/250/12489
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1390]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Routh.
- Name(s)
- de Routh, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Routh requests justice since on 20 September in the tenth year of the King's reign [1386], Robert, late Duke of Ireland gave him the manor of Cockfield for life, paying 10s each yearly to six grooms of the stable for their wages, and by the King's letters patent the Countess of Oxford has taken all the manors, lands and tenements which belonged to Robert on the day of his forfeiture, and removed the petitioner from his estate. He also requests that the countess be ordered by scire facias to declare if she knows any reason why Routh should not be restored to his estate.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Cockfield, Suffolk
- Oxford, Oxfordshire.
- People mentioned
- Robert [de Vere], Duke of Ireland
- [Maud de Ufford], Countess of Oxford, mother of Robert, Duke of Ireland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1390, since this is the date of the Chancery warrant with which it was formerly enclosed (C 81/514 no.6114).
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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 se no.6114 of C 81/514
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 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/C9440095/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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