Catalogue description Petitioners: Richard Stanhop (Stanhope), knight. Name(s): Stanhop (Stanhope),...

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Details of SC 8/23/1140
Reference: SC 8/23/1140
Description:
Petitioners: Richard Stanhop (Stanhope), knight.
Name(s): Stanhop (Stanhope), Richard
Addressees: Commons of parliament.
Nature of request: Richard Stanhop complains that at the last parliament at Leicester he was arrested and held in custody as a result of accusations made against him by Margaret Basset, but that various inquests held because of these and other things later found no evidence for them. He asks the commons to ask the king to ordain a due remedy for him for what he has suffered as a result of these false accusations.
Nature of endorsement: [On face] Soit prie au Roy (A request is to be made to the king).Leg'r coram dominis (It is read or it is to be read before the lords).[On dorse] What was found by the inquests on Richard Stanhop's behalf is to be shown, and then the king will do justice.
Places mentioned: Leicester, [Leicestershire].
People mentioned: Margaret Basset.
Note: The mention of the last parliament at Leicester means that this petition must be from the parliament of November 1414 (2 Henry V).
Date: [1414]
Related material:

For another petition by Stanhope, see SC 8/24/1177B

A petition complaining about Richard Stanhope is SC 8/23/1129

A petition complaining about Richard Stanhope is SC 8/23/1128
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Parliamentary Petition 7672
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.55b-56a (no.3) (full edition of original petition)

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