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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Laton, citizen of London, executor successively of William Servat and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/58/2870
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This record is about the William de Laton, citizen of London, executor successively of William Servat and... 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 8/58/2870
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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
- William de Laton, citizen of London, executor successively of William Servat and John de Stokton.
- Name(s)
- de Laton; Servat; de Stokton, William; William; John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks to know how much of a certain debt he will receive and how much he will lose. He shows that the king's father was held to William Servat by various bills from the chamber of the wardrobe in £2410 6s 8d, from which Servat designed a perpetual chantry of thirteen chaplains for his soul and for the souls of all Christians. The petitioner was granted a suit by petition made in the parliament at Westminster, Monday following the feast of St Katherine lately past, with an answer to the petitioner, who has a writ to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer that they inspect the said bills and pay a proportion of them.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let him have an order by a writ from chancery to the treasures and barons of the exchequer, such that they execute the mandate agreed in the last parliament in respect of the same matters.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- William Servat
- John de Stokton (Stockton)
- Edward II, King of England
- Edward III, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by reference to SC 8/58/2869.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/58/2868
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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 4797
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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/C9063090/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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