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John de Storton. de Storton John King. Scotland. Storton requests a pardon for an...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/72/3588

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Reference
SC 8/72/3588
Date
[c. 1300-c. 1350]
Description
Petitioners
John de Storton.
Name(s)
de Storton, John
Addressees
King.
Places mentioned
Scotland.
Nature of request
Storton requests a pardon for an attachment as he has long served the king and has nothing to live on but his service.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.
Note
Dated on the guard to?c.1317 on the basis of CPR 1313-17, p.649, a licence for Robert de la Rie of Odiham to grant property to a John de Stourton, and for Stourton to re-grant it to Rie. However, there is nothing to suggest this is the same person. The petition is dated more expansively here, with a notional date some time in the first half of the fourteenth century.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7291
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107362/

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