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Dame Philippa Roos (Ros), widow of Thomas, Lord Ros. Roos (Ros) Philippa King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15896

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This record is about the Dame Philippa Roos (Ros), widow of Thomas, Lord Ros. Roos (Ros) Philippa King and... dating from [1464-1478] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/336/15896
Date
[1464-1478]
Description
Petitioners
Dame Philippa Roos (Ros), widow of Thomas, Lord Ros.
Name(s)
Roos (Ros), Philippa
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Philippa Roos requests remedy against Pierpoint who has disobeyed the King's order not to meddle with her lordships of Orston and Eakring, which he had seised, and to pay her all money which he had taken from the lordships, and asks that a sub pena be directed to him ordering him to come before the King to answer.
Nature of endorsement
Before the King and his council on the octave of Michaelmas.
Places mentioned
Orston, Nottinghamshire
Eakring, Nottinghamshire
London.
People mentioned
Thomas [Ros], Lord Roos (Ros)
Henry Perpoynt (Pierpoint), knight
John Broun (Brown) of London, gentleman, pledge
William Corviser of London, gentleman, pledge.
Note
The petition probably dates shortly after the death of Dame Philippa's third husband, Edward Grimston, in September 1478
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw IV, 1461-1467, (Public Record Office, 1897), p.87 (grant of Orston and Eakring to petitioner's use)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736284/

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