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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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Walter le Gras (Graz). Gras (Graz) Walter King and council Gras requests he can pay...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/49/2434
What’s it about?
This record is about the Walter le Gras (Graz). Gras (Graz) Walter King and council Gras requests he can pay... dating from [c. 1323] 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 8/49/2434
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter le Gras (Graz).
- Name(s)
- Gras (Graz), Walter
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Gras requests he can pay the debt for which he is imprisoned in the Tower of London in instalments. He is charged with the arrears from when he was keeper in the marches of Wales and cannot pay otherwise.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be delivered to the treasurer and barons that they do in this thing that which they consider is best to be done for the profit of the king.Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Fleet, [London]
- March of Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1323 as Gras was only appointed in January 1322 (CFR 1319-27, p.92). It is possible that the petition is a few years after this appointment, and may even be early in Edward III's reign.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petition on a related matter see SC 8/49/2436
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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 3635
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.92 (appointment as keeper of Dyneboth and Kevenethef castles)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062647/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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