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Thomas de Rokeby. de Rokeby Thomas Chancellor. The petitioner requests a protection...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/297/14822

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SC 8/297/14822
Date
[? c. 1316]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Rokeby.
Name(s)
de Rokeby, Thomas
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
The petitioner requests a protection for William de la Wodehall who is to go on the King's service in the petitioner's company for the time when he has the guard of the King's castles in Scotland.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Scotland.
People mentioned
William de la Wodehall.
Note
Dated on the guard to? c.1316, with reference to CPR 1313-17, p.560, letters of protection to Wodehall dated 6 November 1316. However, these do not seem to be the direct result of this petition, although the handwriting would seem consistent with such a date.
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 II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.560 (safe-conduct for Peter Orre and William de la Wodehale, servants of Richard de Duffeld, parson of Ludborough, who is sending them to carry corn from Ludborough to York)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518023/

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