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Robert de Horneclyf (Horncliffe), Constable of Bamburgh castle de Horneclyf (Horncliffe)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/53/2605A

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Reference
SC 8/53/2605A
Date
[1327-1332]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Horneclyf (Horncliffe), Constable of Bamburgh castle
Name(s)
de Horneclyf (Horncliffe), Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
Bamburgh, [Northumberland].
Nature of request
Robert de Horneclyf asks the king and council to order the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to allow him, on his account, from the issues of Bamburgh castle, the customary wages for a knight in time of war from the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady in the king's first year to the following Christmas, as, while they will allow suitable wages for his men, for which he has an indenture, the transcript of which is sewn to this petition, they will only pay him as in time of peace.
Nature of endorsement
The Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer are to be ordered that, when they have examined the indenture, they are to give the said Robert an allowance for the customary wages for a knight for the period contained in the indenture, so that for the same period he has no allowance for other wages or another fee for the said keeping.
Note
Robert de Hornclif was appointed as Constable of Bamburgh castle on 8 February 1327 (CFR 1327-37 p. 5) and his successor, John de Kyngeston, was appointed on 28 January 1332 (CFR 1327-37 p.296). This petition must date from somewhere between these two dates, probably reasonably soon after the end of the period for which he wants wartime wages (Christmas 1327).
Related material

The transcript of the indenture mentioned in this petition is SC 8/53/2605B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4100
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.5 (appointment of Robert de Hornclif as Constable of Bamburgh castle) & p.296 (appointment of John de Kyngeston as Constable of Bamburgh castle)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062820/

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