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John de Grantham, Sheriff of London; Roger de Ely, Sheriff of London. de Grantham;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/49/2428
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/49/2428
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Grantham, Sheriff of London; Roger de Ely, Sheriff of London.
- Name(s)
- de Grantham; de Ely, John; Roger
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Sheriff of London
- Nature of request
- 1) The petitioners request remedy as by commandment by king's writs they sold wheat that they had received from Haselshawe and his companions, but because it had not been bought by Haselshawe according to the common price then in the city, they did not wish to accept it in the wardrobe.2) The petitioners request allowance in the sums that they have expended on several casks of flour that they received by commandment by writ of the Exchequer.3) Grantham requests that he be allowed the money for wool that he was carrying that he paid to Hedersete and his companions, customers of wool at London as appears by the rolls of the customers.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face]1) Let it be ordered to the auditors of their account that in advisement of the . . . and of the . . . that the price of the corn be amended, and right and reason be done to them.2) Let it be ordered to them that they hear their account, that they do reason.3) Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons that they view the accounts of the customers. If they find that the king was served of this then they should do reason.[On dorse] Coram domino rege.
- Places mentioned
- Novel Chastel (Newcastle), [Northumberland]
- Londres (London).
- People mentioned
- Robert de Haselshawe
- William de Hedersete, Customer of wool at London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1324 as it was shortly after the end of the petitioners' term as sheriffs (List of Sheriffs, p.202). In addition the third request in this petition was answered by a writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer on 13 June 1324 (CCR 1323-7, pp.115-6).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by Grantham see SC 8/49/2430
For what appears to be the first part of this petition with one request, but which was, subsequently cut from this see SC 8/49/2427
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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 3703
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.115-6 (writ ordering the treasurer and barons to make allowance to Grantham in the debt due from him to the king for the sum in the third request)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062641/
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