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John de Derby, clerk de Derby John King's council clerk John de Derby, clerk, states...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/43/2105

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Reference
SC 8/43/2105
Date
[1303-1307]
Description
Petitioners
John de Derby, clerk
Name(s)
de Derby, John
Addressees
King's council
Occupation
clerk
Nature of request
John de Derby, clerk, states that he was appointed to lead 4000 footsoldiers from Yorkshire to Roxburgh during the king's war in the thirty-first year of his reign, and paid them their wages for five days, for their journey to Scotland, but that 800 of them took the money and returned home. When this was discovered at Roxburgh, John was charged with their wages in his account in the Wardrobe; he then sued to the king to have John del Idle and Richard Daveryng appointed to inquire into the names of these people, and to make them pay a redemption. In this they were successful, so that the money has now been recovered: John asks that he might be discharged in the wardrobe of the money which has been restored to the king.
Nature of endorsement
The Treasurer of the Wardrobe is to be ordered that he is to audit him, and have respect to the fines and redemptions which the king has received from the said footsoldiers; and he is to do to him what is just in this matter.
Places mentioned
Le counte Deverwyk (Yorkshire)
Roxburgh, [Roxburghshire, Scotland]
People mentioned
John del Idle (de l'Isle)
Richard Daveryng
Note
CPR 1301-7::p.132 is dated at Lenton, 9 April 1303, which agrees with the mention in the petition of the thirty-first year of the king's reign (20 November 1302 - 19 November 1303). The petition must date from between November 1303 and Edward's death on 7 July 1307.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2491
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.132 (appointment of men to select 1400 foot-soldiers for Roxburgh in the North Riding of Yorkshire, 1000 in the East Riding and 1600 in the West Riding, and of John de Derby, king's clerk, to pay their wages for five days)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062311/

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