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John de Crumbewell (Cromwell). de Crumbewell (Cromwell) John King Crumbewell requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2031

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Reference
SC 8/41/2031
Date
[1331]
Description
Petitioners
John de Crumbewell (Cromwell).
Name(s)
de Crumbewell (Cromwell), John
Addressees
King
Nature of request
Crumbewell requests that the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer be ordered that if they can find by books of the Wardrobe that he is owed a certain sum for horses taken and lost in battle at Stirling (Bannockburn), that they make allowance for this debt in the debt that he owes the king, notwithstanding that Crumbewell does not have the bill of the Wardrobe for it.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that when they have viewed the accounts of the Wardrobe, if they find that the debt is due to Crumbewelle then they are to make allowance to him in the debts that he owes to the king.
Places mentioned
Destrivelyn (Stirling), [Stirlingshire, Scotland]
Note
The petition clearly dates to 1331 as a writ was issued to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer in accordance with the response to the petition on 15 October 1331 (CCR 1330-3, pp.361-2).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/83/4146

For a related inquisition see SC 8/204/10189

For a related writ, see SC 8/323/E571

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/154/7656

For a related petition see SC 8/97/4838

For another petition by the petitioner and his wife see SC 8/11/525

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1354
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.361-2 (writ to the treasurer and barons in accordance with the response to the petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062237/

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