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Roger Priour (Prior), poulterer of London. Priour (Prior) Roger King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/66/3300

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This record is about the Roger Priour (Prior), poulterer of London. Priour (Prior) Roger King and council.... dating from [c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/66/3300
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Roger Priour (Prior), poulterer of London.
Name(s)
Priour (Prior), Roger
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
poulterer of London
Nature of request
Roger Priour makes two requests:1) He requests payment of a sum due to him for poultry taken for the use of the king's father by William de Kyngeston, for which he has sued for a long time, and for which he has a writ for payment from the late king's nineteenth year.2) He requests payment for another debt for poultry, taken by Thomas de Wendovere when the King was still Earl of Chester and Nicholas de Hugate was his Treasurer.
Nature of endorsement
They are to account with those who were formerly Keepers of the Wardrobe, and they are to take the bills; and, when their bills have been examined, the king will ordain payment.
Places mentioned
London.
People mentioned
William de Kyngeston (Kingston)
William de Northwelle (Northwell), clerk of the kitchen
Thomas de Wendovere (Wendover)
Nicholas de Hugate.
Note
From the reference to the King and Earl of Chester and the nineteenth year of his father's reign, this petition would seem to come from the early years of Edward III.
Related material

Another petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/67/3336

A related petition is SC 8/136/6764

An earlier petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/67/3335

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6654
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Debt
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107071/

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