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John de Lilburn (Libourne). de Lilburn (Libourne) John King and council. The petitioner...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/58/2889

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This record is about the John de Lilburn (Libourne). de Lilburn (Libourne) John King and council. The petitioner... dating from [1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/58/2889
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
John de Lilburn (Libourne).
Name(s)
de Lilburn (Libourne), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioner seeks aid to maintain his wife and children. He states that the Scots have wholly destroyed his lands in Northumberland. He will always be ready to serve should the king require men-at-arms and hobelars to keep the marches.
Nature of endorsement
Let him have a commission in chancery as sheriff and letters to make his oath, so that he is not himself ordered into the exchequer to make his oath
Places mentioned
Northumberland.
Note
Dated in Northumberland Petitions, pp.168-9 (no.144).
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/58/2888

For a related document see SC 8/58/2887

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4862
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.168-9 (no.144) (summary of petition and references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063109/

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