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Henry le Fitz Hugh. Fitz Hugh Henry Chancellor and council. Fitz Hugh requests that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/307/15314

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SC 8/307/15314
Date
[? 1339]
Description
Petitioners
Henry le Fitz Hugh.
Name(s)
Fitz Hugh, Henry
Addressees
Chancellor and council.
Nature of request
Fitz Hugh requests that whereas he caused to come into the King's Bench the record and process of an assize of novel disseisin passed against him at Clifford's suit before the justices assigned in Westmorland by error, and he has pleaded against these errors, but at Clifford's suit a writ of Chancery was issued to the justices of the King's Bench not to redress the errors until a perambulation is made between the counties of Yorkshire and Westmorland, which may never be done, that a writ be sent to the said justices of the King's Bench ordering them to proceed with their decision on this case, notwithstanding previous orders.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Westmorland
Yorkshire.
People mentioned
[Richard Bintworth, Bishop of London], Chancellor
Robert de Clifforde (Clifford).
Note
Dated on the guard to? 1339, with reference to CCR 1339-41, p. 333, an order to cease the correction of errors between Fitz Hugh and Clifford until the perambulation has been made between the counties of York and Westmorland.
Related material

For an alternative version of this petition see SC 8/305/15231

For a related document see no.8310 in C 81/219

For a related document see no.18697 in C 81/325

For a related petition see SC 8/12/583

For a related document see SC 8/311/15548

For a related writ see SC 8/166/8262

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1339-1341, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.333 (order to cease correction of errors between Fitz Hugh and Clifford until the perambulation has been made between counties York and Westmorland)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518369/

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