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John de Moubray (Mowbray), son and heir of John de Mowbray. de Moubray (Mowbray)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/61/3035

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This record is about the John de Moubray (Mowbray), son and heir of John de Mowbray. de Moubray (Mowbray)... dating from [c. 1337] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/61/3035
Date
[c. 1337]
Description
Petitioners
John de Moubray (Mowbray), son and heir of John de Mowbray.
Name(s)
de Moubray (Mowbray), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Moubray requests that it be ordered by writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that in part of the allowance for the 300 marks which he has not had in the Exchequer, that they make allowance for the sum now demanded from him for the farm of certain lands which were his father's, which he has held since he came of age from the king. The king pardoned him by charter the 300 marks being the debts of him and his father for the trouble that he has undergone in the service of the king in Scotland.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be shown in Chancery the patent mentioned by the petition, and let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they search the rolls and remembrances. And if they find that the 300 marks are still due without anything being paid or allowed then let them make allowance to the petitioner for the sum owed for the farm now demanded to the use of the king in the 300 marks, endorsing the patent and rebating the sum in the 300 marks.
Places mentioned
Vill of Seint John (Perth), [Perthshire, Scotland]
Roxburgh, [Roxburghshire, Scotland].
People mentioned
John de Moubray (Mowbray), father of the petitioner.
Note
The petition postdates the pardon of the debts owed by Mowbray and his father which was granted on 20 March 1337 (CPR 1334-8, p.427; CCR 1337-9, p.37)
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/176/8787

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5696
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1337-1339, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.37 (attermination of debts)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.427 (pardon of the debts)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106797/

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