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Edmund, Earl of Cornwall. Earl of Cornwall Edmund Chancellor. Edmund, Earl of Cornwall...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/304/15196

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Reference
SC 8/304/15196
Date
[c. 1284]
Description
Petitioners
Edmund, Earl of Cornwall.
Name(s)
Earl of Cornwall, Edmund
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
Edmund, Earl of Cornwall requests:1) the King's writ to the sheriff of Yorkshire that he postpone until his next account the demands placed upon him and his men of the honour of Knaresborough by summons to the Exchequer of the last eyre;2) that Reygate and Aguillon hold an oyer and terminer into the death of Langthwaite killed in the forest of Knaresborough for the transgression of hunting there.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] 1) Avice appeals concerning her brother.2) Netleshaghe.[On dorse] Hamilton should expedite the petitions included within.
Places mentioned
Yorkshire
Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
[Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells], Chancellor
John de Reygate, justice
Geoffrey Agulon (Aguillon), justice
[Hugh de] Langthavyt (Langthwaite)
Avice de Langethvyt (Langthwaite) [surname deleted], brother of Hugh de Langthwaite
[William de] Netleshaghe
W. de Hamelton (Hamilton).
Note
The petition dates to c. 1284 when Reygate and Aguillon were ordered to hold an oyer and terminer by Avice's appeal concerning the death of her brother (CPR 1281-92, p. 144).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.144 (oyer and terminer to Reygate and Aguillon re appeal of Avice) & p.215 (1286 pardon to Netleshaghe for death of Langthwaite in self-defence)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9528943/

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