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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard atte Lok (Lock) of Bray. Lok (Lock) Richard King and council. Richard atte...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/89/4436
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/89/4436
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard atte Lok (Lock) of Bray.
- Name(s)
- Lok (Lock), Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Richard atte Lok of Bray states that he holds the customs of Bray by charter of King John, and that he has been greatly impoverished by mariners claiming that their ships belonged to the king when they did not, so that the rent he pays at the Exchequer for the customs is in arrears. He requests an allowance in this debt.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.He is to have the custom levied as the king is not obliged to give him an allowance.
- Places mentioned
- Bray, [Berkshire]
- River Thames.
- People mentioned
- John, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? c. 1324' with no explanation. This seems plausible by the hand.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.31 of PRO 31/7/99
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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 218
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148980/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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