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Robert . . . Robert King and lords of parliament. [This petition is fragmentary]...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/339/15985
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This record is about the Robert . . . Robert King and lords of parliament. [This petition is fragmentary]... dating from [? c. 1370-1399] 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 8/339/15985
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1370-1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert . . .
- Name(s)
- Robert
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is fragmentary] To our most excellent and most dread lord, our lord the king, and to the honourable lords of this present parliament . . . road lead him close to the lodging of Ralph Hastings, and because of the good friendship which he had found with . . . Richard Grey, brother of the said lady in the park of Pickering, which belongs to my lord of Lancaster . . . at which he wondered, and went to the lady, asking her to tell him . . . said that he had not deserved so good a name and afterwards the said Richard said that he would know . . . Ralph after he came into his/her presence to know of his/her good estate . . . of his enemies, as he found afterwards. And the said Ralph commanded him . . . following, and the said Richard followed afterwards with a great company of people . . . the said Robert was travelling along the high road, the said . . . on the highway, the said . . . unknown to the said Robert, who attacked him with force and arms . . . the said Robert if he was not only a servant of the said R . . . Pickering and wished to have done . . .
- Nature of endorsement
- The plaintiff is to have writs to . . . before the king and his council . . . both to our lord the king and to . . . contained [in] this petition. And if . . . or by great affairs of . . . present parliament then . . . examined and determined before the council.
- Places mentioned
- Pickering, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Ralph Hastynges (Hastings)
- Richard Grey
- Duke of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must date from before the accession of Henry IV, as it refers to 'my lord of Lancaster'. Ralph de Hastings was adjudged to death for treason on 20 July 6 Henry IV (1405) and Richard de Hastings was restored as his heir on 8 May 1410 (CPR 1408-13 pp.195-196).
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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/C9736466/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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