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John de Esyngton (Easington). de Esyngton (Easington) John King and council. John...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/13/601

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Reference
SC 8/13/601
Date
[1348]
Description
Petitioners
John de Esyngton (Easington).
Name(s)
de Esyngton (Easington), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
John de Esyngton states that Thomas his brother was killed by the French in the king's service, and had found all the costs for the boat and crews from Sunday after the feast of St Martin, 13 Edward III, to the feast of St Peter ad vincula amounting to £42 for which he has still received no money or allowance. Easington is maintaining his children, and has nothing to live on without the £42 in allowance of the debt until he be paid for the account rendered into the Exchequer.
Nature of endorsement
Sue before the king.
Places mentioned
Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Thomas [de Easington], master of the boats the Margaret de Kingston upon Hull and le Maudelyne, brother of the petitioner.
Note
This is dated to 1348 by the details given in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.175: see also PROME, parliament of January-February 1348, appendix, no. 16. The service of Thomas de Easington given within the petition is dated 1339-40.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3110
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. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.178a (no.12) (full edition of a later copy 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), parliament of January-February 1348, appendix, no. 16 (summary of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060740/

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