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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Mareschall (Marshal) of Derbyshire, otherwise called John Mareschall (Marshal),...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/295/14749
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This record is about the John Mareschall (Marshal) of Derbyshire, otherwise called John Mareschall (Marshal),... dating from [c. 1398] 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 8/295/14749
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1398]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Mareschall (Marshal) of Derbyshire, otherwise called John Mareschall (Marshal), formerly servant of Roger de Ledes.
- Name(s)
- Mareschall (Marshal), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- servant of Roger de Ledes
- Nature of request
- John Mareschall states that he was indicted on the accusation that, in the twenty-second year of Richard II, on the Wednesday before the feast of St Margaret the virgin, in the royal highway at Leeds, at a place called Sheepscar Bridge, he and others lay in wait, armed, for John son of Robert Passelewe of Newton, apprentice in law, who had been in the Duke of Lancaster's company at Rothwell, and there murdered him. He requests a pardon for this felony, murder and ambush.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] This bill was granted by the king at Windsor on 28 December and handed to the Chancellor to put into execution.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Derbyshire
- Leeds, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Sheppekerbrygge (Sheepscar Bridge), [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Newton [Potternewton], [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Rothwell, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Windsor, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Ledes (Leeds), knight
- John [Passelewe], son of Robert Passelewe of Newton
- Robert Passelewe of Newton, apprentice in law
- [John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735916/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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