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Roger de Horsley, formerly Constable of Bamburgh castle de Horsley Roger King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/52/2600

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Reference
SC 8/52/2600
Date
[1334]
Description
Petitioners
Roger de Horsley, formerly Constable of Bamburgh castle
Name(s)
de Horsley, Roger
Addressees
King and councilv
Occupation
Constable of Bamburgh castle
Nature of request
Roger de Horsley requests a writ to the Treasurer and Chamberlains of the Exchequer to give him an allowance for various bills of Edward II's Wardrobe, and for debts owed him from the account of William de Melton, formerly Keeper of the late king's Wardrobe, in the debts he owes the king.
Nature of endorsement
The Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer are to be ordered that, when they have seen the bills he has, they are to make allowance for what is due to him in the debts he owes the king from the arrears of his account.
Places mentioned
Bamburgh, [Northumberland]
People mentioned
Edward [II], King of England
William de Melton, formerly Keeper of the Wardrobe
Note
CCR 1333-7 p.260 is dated at Westminster, 26 September 1334, and would appear to be in response to this petition - although it would seem to suggest that the king owes Roger de Horsley rather more than he owes the king, whereas the petition suggests the reverse.
Related material

Another petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/53/2601

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3932
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), no.77, p.98 (full edition and calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.260 (order to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to examine Roger's bills and to give him payment or allowance for the debts owed to him)
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