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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Kendale, Constable of Dover Castle de Kendale Robert King and council Constable...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/55/2703
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This record is about the Robert de Kendale, Constable of Dover Castle de Kendale Robert King and council Constable... dating from [1324] 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 8/55/2703
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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
- Robert de Kendale, Constable of Dover Castle
- Name(s)
- de Kendale, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Constable of Dover Castle
- Nature of request
- The petitioner requests that he should hold his office for life because of the various hardships that he and other gentlemen of the country have suffered. The petitioner has various tradesmen residing at the castle (one mason, one plummer, one carpenter) whose work there has cost £1000, which the petitioner cannot raise himself. They also have a certain number of servants and prisoners and thereby have built a curtain wall (pel) of large timbers adjacent to the castle of more than ten furlongs in length for the greater defence of the castle, which timber the petitioner has paid for out of his own income.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let an order be made under the great seal of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to enquire into the truth of the facts in this petition, and the petitioner is to be called into their presence to render his account.
- Places mentioned
- Dover Castle, [Kent]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly dated by reference to CIM 1307-49, no. 664.
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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 4597
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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 Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.664 (resulting commission and inquiry)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062920/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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