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Thomas de Aldestre, soldier (soudeour) de Aldestre Thomas King and council soldier...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/31/1526

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Reference
SC 8/31/1526
Date
[1368-1377]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Aldestre, soldier (soudeour)
Name(s)
de Aldestre, Thomas
Addressees
King and council
Occupation
soldier (soudeour)
Nature of request
Thomas de Aldestre, soldier, states that he has previously submitted a petition stating that he had spent much of his life in the king's wars, and when he came into England he purchased the manor of Offham in Kent from one Piers Sterre, late citizen of London, and . . . a statute concerning the said manor by a William atte Vyne and other citizens of London . . .payment was made for the said statute, through a confession made by Piers before his death . . .and execution and livery of the said manor has now been made to them by the said suit, . . . of your most gracious and high lordship and as a work of charity to take the said case into . . . aforesaid before you and your wise council, now in your parliament, and Nicholas . . . to have evidence from him, as he has full knowledge of the whole matter . . . by evidence of the said Nicholas and by the knights and . . . reason and good faith demand.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Offham, Kent
London
People mentioned
Piers Sterre, formerly citizen of London
William atte Vyne, citizen of London
Note
This petition seems to be datable to the end of Edward III's reign by the hand, the style (a florid address to the king, 'A tresredote et tresnoble seignour, nostre seignour le roi') and various references to the people mentioned. Piers or Peter Sterre was a prominent citizen of London, and there are several references to him, especially as a collector of the subsidy on cloth (see, for example, CPR 1361-4 p.302, CPR 1364-7 pp.262, 398, CPR 1367-70 pp.18, 125). CPR 1367-70 p.125, dated at Westminster, 3 October 1368, is the last mention of him in the calendars: as it is clear from the petition that he is dead, it must date from between this date and Edward III's death in 1377.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 248
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061722/

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