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Isabel de Essot (Eshott), executrix of William le Ken of Eshott. de Essot (Eshott)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/15/740

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Reference
SC 8/15/740
Date
[? 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Isabel de Essot (Eshott), executrix of William le Ken of Eshott.
Name(s)
de Essot (Eshott), Isabel
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Essot states that the king is bound to William le Ken in £10 for sheep bought from him during the time of Edward II to victual the castle of Bamburgh as appears by liveries of the Wardrobe when Melton was keeper. She requests that the king order a writ of Chancery to the treasurer and chamberlains of the Exchequer that she have payment of the money, and if they have no money to make a suitable assignment where she is readily able to be paid.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered to the treasurer, barons and chamberlains of the Exchequer that when they have viewed the bill of which the petition makes mention, if they find that the debt is still due then they should make payment, allowance or assignment as soon as they decently can, receiving etc. and charging etc.
Places mentioned
Eshott, [Northumberland]
Bamburgh, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
William le Ken of Eshott
Roger de Horsel (Horsley), keeper of the castle of Bamburgh
William de Melton, Archbishop of York and Keeper of the Wardrobe.
Note
The petition may well date to 1327 when a series of similar claims were made against Horsley (CCR 1327-30, pp.1 and 59). Nothing survives to confirm the date for this.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2982
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.394a-b (no.93) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060881/

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