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Richard Fitz Robert of Walton le Dale. Fitz Robert Richard King. Fitz Robert requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/270/13465

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This record is about the Richard Fitz Robert of Walton le Dale. Fitz Robert Richard King. Fitz Robert requests... dating from [1350] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/270/13465
Date
[1350]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Fitz Robert of Walton le Dale.
Name(s)
Fitz Robert, Richard
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Fitz Robert requests that he be granted a charter of pardon as he is indicted in Lancashire of the riot at Liverpool between the Radcliffes and the Traffords, and for the death of Balshegth. He has served in the king's French war and continually in the Calais garrison.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Walton le Dale, [Lancashire]
France
Calais, [France]
Lancashire
Liverpool, [Lancashire].
People mentioned
Radcliffes
Traffords
Robert de Balshagth (Balshagh).
Note
The petition dates to 1350 as a pardon was granted on 27 January 1350 (CPR 1348-50, p.464).
Related material

For an enrolled list of petitions for pardon on which this petition is noted, see SC 8/185/9212

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. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.464 (grant of pardon)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517412/

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