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Robert Elyot (Eliot) of Spalding. Elyot (Eliot) Robert Chancellor. Robert Elyot states...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/296/14777

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This record is about the Robert Elyot (Eliot) of Spalding. Elyot (Eliot) Robert Chancellor. Robert Elyot states... dating from [? c. 1320-? c. 1350] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/296/14777
Date
[? c. 1320-? c. 1350]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Elyot (Eliot) of Spalding.
Name(s)
Elyot (Eliot), Robert
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
Robert Elyot states that Walter de la Fermery had a writ of trespass against him in the wapentakes of Holland, and that while the plea was pending on this Walter sued another writ against him for the same trespass before the King, and recovered 10 marks against him. He then recovered £10 against him from the first writ, by default of Robert who was in the Marshal's keeping for the 10 marks from the second writ of trespass. He requests a remedy, so that he is not punished twice for the same trespass.
Nature of endorsement
Orders are to be given to have the tenor of the record and process of the one and the other brought into Chancery.
Places mentioned
Spalding, [Lincolnshire]
Holland, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
Walter de la Fermery of Spalding.
Note
Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and the French endorsement.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517978/

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