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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Travers, clerk, formerly keeper of lands in Lancashire. Travers John King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/76/3776
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/76/3776
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Travers, clerk, formerly keeper of lands in Lancashire.
- Name(s)
- Travers, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk, formerly keeper of lands in Lancashire
- Nature of request
- John Travers states that from the Wednesday before the translation of St Thomas in the King's sixteenth year for thirteen days, the castle of Hornby, then in his keeping, was in great peril from the coming of enemies who had entered the county of Lancashire, and that he had to make great expenses to garrison it in order to save it. He asks that he might have due allowance for his reasonable costs and expenses on this matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Treasurer and Barons are to be ordered to inquire into what costs and expenses the same John incurred from his own money for the salvation of that castle, and into the time when he incurred them, and for what reason, and for what need; and that are to make an allowance to the same John for the costs and expenses that they can find that he incurred, from his own money, for the salvation of the aforesaid castle, in his account for his reciepts elsewhere etc.
- Places mentioned
- Lancashire
- Hornby, [Lancashire]
- Lancaster, [Lancashire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1323-7 p.84 is dated 20 March 1324, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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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 7995
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.84 (order to inquire into the petitioner's expenses, and to allow them to him)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107550/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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