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Margaret de ? Roos, daughter of Ralph. Roos Margaret [Lost]. [The petition is badly...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/343/16187

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SC 8/343/16187
Date
[? c. 1337]
Description
Petitioners
Margaret de ? Roos, daughter of Ralph.
Name(s)
Roos, Margaret
Addressees
[Lost].
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damaged and is missing portions from both ends of the document, and the general condition of the remainder is poor].The petitioner refers to an assize concerning moor in Reedness and Hook, and to the return of the inquisition held as a consequence. Because, despite the purchase of several writs, her suit has not progressed the judges not proceeding to judgment, and the council doing nothing, she requests that the justices be commanded to proceed and to render judgment so that she is not [...].
Nature of endorsement
[Incomplete and largely illegible] Let the petition be [sent?] into the chancery, and let the Chancellor [enquire?] of the lady's council ... have a writ to the justices ... .
Places mentioned
Reedness, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
Hook, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
[Philippa of Hainault], Queen of England.
Note
The petition is dated to? c. 1337 on the basis of a probably related charter in the fine rolls (CFR 1337-1347, p. 55).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 30 Oct. 1924).
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. V, Edw III, 1337-1347, (Public Record Office, 1915), p.55 (charter of the king ratifying letters patent of Queen Philippa granting various lands including apparently those mentioned in this petition to the abbot and monks of St Mary's, York)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. IX, 21-25, (Public Record Office, 1917), no.216 (inquisition post mortem of the petitioner again mentioning the lands contained in this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736668/

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