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Isolda de Reigny. de Reigny Isolda King and council. [The petition is badly damaged...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/326/E765

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This record is about the Isolda de Reigny. de Reigny Isolda King and council. [The petition is badly damaged... dating from [c. 1290-c. 1305] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/326/E765
Date
[c. 1290-c. 1305]
Description
Petitioners
Isolda de Reigny.
Name(s)
de Reigny, Isolda
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damaged with parts of the right-hand half of the petition being missing or illegible.] Reigny requests grace and remedy concerning the delivery of the body of Richard [...] to John Trenchard by William de Servington who had claimed his body from the sheriff of Devon. Thereafter Richard's lands had been harvested, he was released from prison on Servington's authority
Nature of endorsement
She should sue before the justices of the Bench of the king before whom [...] justice.
Places mentioned
North Tawton, Devon.
People mentioned
William de Servington, bailiff of the liberty of North Tawton, Devon
John Trenchard
Richard.
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1290-c. 1305 based upon the hand.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682760/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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