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                  Ra Re Ro Ru
                  Rea Rec Red Ref Reg Rei Rel Rem Ren Rep Res Ret Rev

                  respite, letters of

                  letters granted by the Crown which put a delay or stay on something usually granted for the purpose of delaying any court sentence against the person to whom they were granted, but they could be to stop him being pursued for debt; such letters were usually granted to people abroad on the king’s service.