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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The executors of John Keyser of Newark. King and council The petitioners ask the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/55/2719
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This record is about the The executors of John Keyser of Newark. King and council The petitioners ask the... dating from [c. 1331] 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 8/55/2719
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The executors of John Keyser of Newark.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask the king to order the collectors of the tenths and fifteenths in Nottinghamshire to make payment or assignment of certain debts owed to Keyser for the implementation of his will and the salvation of his soul. The petitioners have a bill sealed by Pole (at that time the king's butler) and others for the purchase of wines for the king's use for seventy-seven marks and seven shillings, which Keyser sued for in parliament and which has thus far not been paid, and Keyser himself was indebted to various men.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let an order be sent to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer that they should inspect the letters mentioned in the petition and find out if the debt is closed or still due, and then to make restitution by payment or convenient assignment.
- Places mentioned
- Neuwerk (Newark), [Nottinghamshire]
- Nottinghamshire
- People mentioned
- John Keyser of Newark
- Richard de la Pole, then butler to the king
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1330-3, p. 104, records an action, probably related, while Keyser was alive in 1330.
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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 4692
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.104 (outcome of an earlier petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062937/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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