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? No Petitioner named Copy of a privy seal writ of Edward II, dated at Newcastle...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/337/15911

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Copy of a privy seal writ of Edward II, dated at Newcastle... dating from [1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/337/15911
Date
[1325]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Copy of a privy seal writ of Edward II, dated at Newcastle upon Tyne on 4 August 1322, attesting to the receipt of a horse formerly belonging to Serlo de Rochford.
Nature of endorsement
Seek a writ in Chancery.
Places mentioned
Leicestershire
Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
Edward [II], King of England
Thomas le Rous, sheriff of Leicestershire
Serlo de Rocheford.
Note
Despite the explicit date in August 1322, this would appear to be the transcript formerly attached to SC 8/337/15909. Allowance was granted to Rous on this matter on 10 August 1325 (CCR 1323-7, p.399).
Related material

For the other attached transcript see SC 8/337/15910

For the petition to which this transcript was attached see SC 8/337/15909

For another related petition from Rous see SC 8/69/3418

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Warrants 6145
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 this matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529663/

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