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Roger de Prideaux, knight. de Prideaux Roger King and council. Roger de Prideaux...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/66/3294
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This record is about the Roger de Prideaux, knight. de Prideaux Roger King and council. Roger de Prideaux... 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 8/66/3294
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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
- Roger de Prideaux, knight.
- Name(s)
- de Prideaux, Roger
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Roger de Prideaux states that £17 are still being demanded of him of a fine of £20 which he was forced to make in the time of the king's father by Hugh le Despenser the son, to avoid going to Gascony. He requests grace and a pardon.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.The petition is to be sent to Chancery, and he is to show the reason why the king ought to pardon him there.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France].
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England
- Hugh le Despenser the son.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must date from shortly after the fall of the Despensers, and the reference to the king's father also places it in the reign of Edward III.
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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 6508
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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/C9107065/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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