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Robert de Haselschawe. de Haselschawe Robert King and council. Robert de Haselschawe...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/16/761

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Reference
SC 8/16/761
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Haselschawe.
Name(s)
de Haselschawe, Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Robert de Haselschawe states that the father of the present king granted him the custody of the Exchanges at London and Canterbury, on the same terms as his predecessors, but that the Barons of the Exchequer would not allow him his wages, or those of his other ministers, because he did not answer for the issues of the Exchanges as completely as others had done, which he could not do, because, on account of war and other reasons, foreign merchants and others did not come to the Exchanges in his time, as he often explained in parliament. He had often asked the king's father to release him from his commission, but was asked to stay on until he had minted black coins and white halfpennies of the Tower, for the Duchy of Guyenne: from which he has accounted for a profit of £700 sterling. He therefore requests a writ to the Barons, to allow him his wages for himself and his ministers.
Nature of endorsement
The Treasurer and Barons are to be ordered that, when they have audited the account, they are to make due allowance.
Places mentioned
London
Canterbury, [Kent]
Guyenne, [France].
People mentioned
[Edward II], King of England, father of present king
Barons of the Exchequer.
Note
Firmly dated by reference to Cal. Mem. Rolls 1326-7, no. 792.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4083
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Memoranda Rolls (Exchequer), Michaelmas 1326-Michaelmas 1327, (Public Record Office, 1968), no.792 (instruction to exchequer to deal with the petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.399a-b (no.117) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060902/

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