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John de Welles (Wells), sergeant-at-arms. de Welles (Wells) John King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/17/815A

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This record is about the John de Welles (Wells), sergeant-at-arms. de Welles (Wells) John King and council.... dating from [1327-1358] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/17/815A
Date
[1327-1358]
Description
Petitioners
John de Welles (Wells), sergeant-at-arms.
Name(s)
de Welles (Wells), John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
sergeant-at-arms
Nature of request
John de Welles states that the late king gave him by his charter ten marks annually for term of his life from the farm of Canterbury, which he held for ten years, until the city of Canterbury came into the queen's hand, since when he has received nothing. He requests grace and a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
The Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer are to be ordered to search for evidence to establish if John was seised of the rent, and if that rent has been allowed in the Exchequer, and if that rent has been assigned to the Queen, and they are to send this information to Chancery, and the Queen's attorney is to be called there and asked if he can give any reason why he should not have his rent; and when the information has been supplied, if the attorney can give no reason etc, he is to have his rent back, and the Queen, in compensation etc. And they are also to provide information on where the Queen can have compensation etc.
Places mentioned
Canterbury, [Kent].
People mentioned
[Edward II, King of England
[Isabella of France], Queen of England.
Note
The petitioner says that he enjoyed the rent for 10 years, ie. until 1327, and that the city of Canterbury then came into the hand of the Queen, since when he has been deprived of it. So the petition must date between 1327 and Queen Isabella's death in 1358 - although, reasonably, it is surely likely to date from a few years after 1327.
Related material

A duplicate petition, with the same endorsement, is SC 8/17/818

A copy of the letters patent granting the petitioner the rent mentioned in the petition is SC 8/17/815B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8804
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.410b (no.181) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060956/

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