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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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Reference
SC 8/337/15909
Date
[1325]
Description
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).
Note
Allowance was granted to Rous on these matters on 10 August 1325 (CCR 1323-7, p.399).
Related material

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Warrants 6143
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529661/

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