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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Edmund de Alegate, formerly porter of Windsor castle de Alegate Edmund King and council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/30/1488
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/30/1488
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1329]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edmund de Alegate, formerly porter of Windsor castle
- Name(s)
- de Alegate, Edmund
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- porter of Windsor castle
- Nature of request
- Edmund de Alegate states that he was given the office of porter of Windsor castle by the king's father, in consideration of his long service, and remained seised of it for eight years, but that, through procurement, he was expelled by a writ of the king. He requests that he might be reinstated.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to state in the time of what king.
- Places mentioned
- Windsor, [Berkshire]
- People mentioned
- Roger le Porter, porter of Windsor castle
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1321-4 p.30 (the grant of the office of porter to the petitioner) is dated at Leeds, 29 October 1321. CCR 1327-30 p.501 is dated at Daventry, 29 October 1329. A note on the guard says, 'c. 1329. Petitioner appointed in 1321 (Pat.R. p. 30) and reference to 8 years' tenure. Still holding appointment in 1329 (Close R. p. 501) but no subsequent mention.'
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 61
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.501 (instructions to the constable of Windsor castle to pay various people, including Edmund de Alegate)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.30 (grant to Edmund de Alegate, king's serjeant, of the custody of the gate of Windsor castle)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061681/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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