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William Raymond (Guilhem Ramon) de Claverye (Clavery), sergeant-at-arms. de Claverye...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/68/3389

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This record is about the William Raymond (Guilhem Ramon) de Claverye (Clavery), sergeant-at-arms. de Claverye... dating from [? c. 1340] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/68/3389
Date
[? c. 1340]
Description
Petitioners
William Raymond (Guilhem Ramon) de Claverye (Clavery), sergeant-at-arms.
Name(s)
de Claverye (Clavery), William Raymond (Guilhem Ramon)
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
sergeant-at-arms
Nature of request
William Raymond de Claverye, who has served the King and his father for thirty-two years and more, requests the turrage [payment to castle-warden or jailer] and the keeping of the prisoners in Bordeaux castle, for term of life.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
[Edward II], King of England.
Note
The petitioner's mention of thirty-two years' service to the king and his father would give a date of 1339 at the earliest, and reference to SC 8/286/14284 suggests that a date of c. 1340 is in fact likely.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/281/14030

For a related petition, see SC 8/286/14284

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6940
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107160/

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