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William de Hungerford, citizen of London. de Hungerford William King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/83/4120

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This record is about the William de Hungerford, citizen of London. de Hungerford William King and council.... dating from [? c. 1320] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/83/4120
Date
[? c. 1320]
Description
Petitioners
William de Hungerford, citizen of London.
Name(s)
de Hungerford, William
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
citizen of London
Nature of request
Hungerford requests payment of the debt owed to him for the victuals in which the king is obliged to him as Hungerford served the king with them in his Scottish wars.1)
Nature of endorsement
He is to show his bills to the treasurer, and afterwards the treasurer is to certify the king on this.2) Coram rege.
Places mentioned
London
Scotland.
People mentioned
John Filol.
Note
The guard notes speculatively date this petition to? 1320 on the basis of the dating of a number of other petitions in this file.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/327/E793

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4314
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148662/

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