1304 - John Petit of Whitby killed

Record
Date	1304
Topic	Walter de Wartre of West Luton pardoned for the death of John Petit of Whitby

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Whitby.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-11-17. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-11-17.

Record

[23 Aug. 1304:]
Walter de Wartre of West Luton [pardoned in consideration of his service in Scotland] for the death of John Petit of Whyteby, for which he abjured the realm

Source notes

Membrane 7 of the Patent Roll for 32 Edward I. Marginal note: "Aug. 23. Jedburgh".

IRHB comments

Another veteran of the campaign in Scotland was pardoned for murdering a Robert Hood. See 1303 - Robert Hod of Crakehall killed.

Lists

• Not included in Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.

Sources

• [Black, J. G.], compil.; [Maxwell-Lyte, Henry Churchill], introd. Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office (London; Edinburgh and Glasgow; Dublin, 1898), p. 252.

Also see

• 1303 - Robert Hod of Crakehall killed
• Persons named Little John (links).

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