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Richard del Hurst of London. Hurst Richard King and council. Richard del Hurst requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/6/286

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Reference
SC 8/6/286
Date
[1321-1322]
Description
Petitioners
Richard del Hurst of London.
Name(s)
Hurst, Richard
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Richard del Hurst requests payment of ten shillings for sea coal taken from him in London by John de Norton, formerly clerk of the palace, for the king's coronation, for which he has a bill from John de Norton, and for which he has never been paid.
Nature of endorsement
The treasurer and barons of the Exchequer are to be ordered to call John de Norton before them, and if they find that an allowance has been made to him for this, then justice is to be done to Richard del Hurst.
Places mentioned
London.
People mentioned
John de Norton, formerly clerk of the palace.
Note
One of a collection of petitions published on pages 387ff of Rot. Parl., vol I., which all seem to date from around 1322. This dating is confirmed by PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 387-415, which dates these petitions to 15 or 16 Edward II (1321-1323).
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For a similar petition from a different petitioner, see SC 8/6/287

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4266
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.405b, no.105 (full edition of original petition)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl. vol. I, pp.387-415, no.105 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060408/

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