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People of Shilton. King and council. The people request that they can be paid for...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/74/3688

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This record is about the People of Shilton. King and council. The people request that they can be paid for... dating from [c. 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/74/3688
Date
[c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
People of Shilton.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The people request that they can be paid for the victuals taken from them by the king's ministers when the king was last as Kenilworth.
Nature of endorsement
This is not a petition of parliament.
Places mentioned
Shulton (Shilton), Warwickshire
Kenilworth, [Warrickshire].
People mentioned
Thomas de Garton, Keeper of the Wardobe.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1330 by cross-reference to SC 8/257/12829; the king's stay at Kenilworth referred to in the petition is likely to be the long period of residence there by Edward III between late October 1329 and early January 1330.
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/257/12829

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7289
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107462/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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