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Hugh .... Hugh [Illegible]. [Petition in two parts. The first part is almost totally...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/342/16125

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This record is about the Hugh .... Hugh [Illegible]. [Petition in two parts. The first part is almost totally... dating from [c. 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/342/16125
Date
[c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Hugh ....
Name(s)
Hugh
Addressees
[Illegible].
Nature of request
[Petition in two parts. The first part is almost totally illegible even under UV. The second part is in large parts illegible, but some parts give clear hints at the request].1) [Illegible].2) [The petition refers to Thomas de Louth as justice in eyre, to the accusation that the petitioner had adhered to the Scots and his imprisonment].
Nature of endorsement
[None].
People mentioned
Thomas de Louthe (Louth), justice in eyre.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1330 on the basis of the reference to Thomas de Louth as justice in eyre, he serving on the circuit that visited Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire in 1329 and 1330 (Crook, D., Records of the General Eyre, (1982) pp. 183-5)
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 6/3/24).
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736606/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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