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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Grantham, Citizen of London. de Grantham John King and council Citizen of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/49/2430
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This record is about the John de Grantham, Citizen of London. de Grantham John King and council Citizen of... dating from [c. 1340] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/49/2430
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Grantham, Citizen of London.
- Name(s)
- de Grantham, John
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Citizen of London
- Nature of request
- Grantham requests that it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that a sum owed to him by the king for spice bought from him by clerks of the Wardrobe, as appears by two bills under their seals, be allowed on his account from the time that he was one of the customers of the great custom of London.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they view the bills of which the petition makes mention.If it found that the debt is still due, then they are to make allowance according to the form of this petition, receiving and charging etc.
- Places mentioned
- Londres (London).
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Useflete (Ousefleet), Clerk of the Wardrobe
- William de la Souche (Zouche), Clerk of the Wardrobe.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively to c. 1340 on the basis of internal evidence: Useflete and Zouche were clerks of the great wardrobe in the 1320s and 1330s.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner 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 3642
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062643/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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