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Walter Tourk (Turk). Tourk (Turk) Walter King and council. Walter Tourk states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/76/3751
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This record is about the Walter Tourk (Turk). Tourk (Turk) Walter King and council. Walter Tourk states that... dating from [c. 1330] 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 8/76/3751
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter Tourk (Turk).
- Name(s)
- Tourk (Turk), Walter
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Walter Tourk states that the King made him Keeper of the Exchanges of London and Canterbury for term of life, but that he has now revoked that grant without cause, and given the office to John de Wyndesore. He asks the King and council to have consideration for the fact that he gave the King his houses in Lombard Street and released and quitclaimed all right in them to him, in exchange for this office, and to do justice to him with regard to the office and the houses.
- Nature of endorsement
- If he has the office for term of life, as the petition claims, he is not to be expelled by any revocation without an answer.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Canterbury, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- John de Wyndesore (Windsor)
- [William Ayermine], Bishop of Norwich
- Geoffrey Lescrop (Le Scrope).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CFR 1327-37 p.211, the grant of the exchanges to John de Wyndesore, is dated 20 December 1330: the petition must date from shortly after this.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/144/7199
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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 7986
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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)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.211 (grant of exchanges to John de Wyndesore)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107525/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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