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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Kyngesbury de Kyngesbury Robert King and council 1) The petitioner seeks...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/55/2741
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This record is about the Robert de Kyngesbury de Kyngesbury Robert King and council 1) The petitioner seeks... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/55/2741
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Kyngesbury
- Name(s)
- de Kyngesbury, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- 1) The petitioner seeks payment of expenses of £11 3s 6d for the time the king's officers, Akaton and Pestour, came to Cheshire and lodged with him in year nine of the king's father and took from Cole (the petitioner's servant) animals and wheat from his house. He has sued in parliament for payment, which the king's father allowed by letters of command, but thus far he has not been paid to his ruin and poverty.2) Memorandum of this in the first expenses roll when Hugh de Lemynstre was treasurer.
- Nature of endorsement
- This [matter] was explained by the keeper of the royal wardrobe at the time, and the petitioner is to have an acceptable writ.
- Places mentioned
- Cheshire
- People mentioned
- Henry le Akatour
- Ralph le Pestour
- John Cole
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the modern endorsement etc: internal evidence indicates that the petition must have been submitted in the reign of Edward III, and likely at the beginning of the reign.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/83/4129
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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 4541
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062959/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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