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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Stanford, clerk. de Stanford Robert King and council. clerk Stanford requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/72/3570
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This record is about the Robert de Stanford, clerk. de Stanford Robert King and council. clerk Stanford requests... dating from [1331] 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 8/72/3570
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Stanford, clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Stanford, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Stanford requests that he be suffered to hold the office of comptroller of the custom of Boston according to the form of his grant for life made to him by the king, and that he repeal the grant made to Carleton.
- Nature of endorsement
- There are certain people, prelates, earls and barons assigned to survey the gifts of the king that he has made, and those that are given for good reason are to hold, and the others repealed; and for that reason the gift should remain in peace until it is adjudged by them good or otherwise, and the petitioner should not be ousted without being called to answer.
- Places mentioned
- Boston, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Walter de Carleton, clerk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition must date to 1331 when Carleton received his grant of the office of comptroller (CPR 1330-4, p.49).
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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 7352
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.49 (grant to Carleton of the office then in the custody of Stanford)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), pp.549-50 (grants to the petitioner of the office)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107344/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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