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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas le Rous, former sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Rous Thomas King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/337/15909
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This record is about the Thomas le Rous, former sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Rous Thomas King... dating from [1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/337/15909
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas le Rous, former sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
- Name(s)
- Rous, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire
- Nature of request
- Thomas le Rous requests allowance at the Exchequer for various expenses incurred by him when sending Bradeshawe and other prisoners taken at Kenilworth castle to Pontefract, and for sending a horse, formerly belonging to Rochford, to Newcastle, as detailed in the attached transcripts. He has been unable to secure allowance so far.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege.
- Places mentioned
- Warwickshire
- Leicestershire
- Pontefract, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Kenilworth, [Warwickshire]
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- John de Weston, marshal of Pontefract
- William de Bradeshawe (Bradshaw)
- Serlo de Rocheforde (Rochford).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Allowance was granted to Rous on these matters on 10 August 1325 (CCR 1323-7, p.399).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the other attached transcript see SC 8/337/15911
For one of the attached transcripts see SC 8/337/15910
For a related petition from Rous see SC 8/69/3418
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Warrants 6143
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.399 (order to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to account with the petitioner on these matters)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529661/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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