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John de Carleton (Carlton), formerly receiver and keeper of the King's victuals in...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/99/4902

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Reference
SC 8/99/4902
Date
[c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
John de Carleton (Carlton), formerly receiver and keeper of the King's victuals in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Name(s)
de Carleton (Carlton), John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
receiver and keeper of the King's victuals in Newcastle upon Tyne
Nature of request
John de Carleton, formerly receiver and keeper of victuals in Newcastle upon Tyne, requests a writ to allow him his wages for the time when he was in London rendering his account, and also an allowance for his household in Newcastle, for the three years he was there.
Nature of endorsement
The Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer are to be ordered to pay John his wages in this case, as others have had before now in a similar case.
Places mentioned
Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
London.
People mentioned
Robert de Notingham (Nottingham)
Richard de Emeldon, Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Note
CFR 1327-37 p.43 is dated 20 May, 1327: if the petitioner says that he has been three years in Newcastle, this petition presumably dates from c. 1330. CFR 1327-37 p.100 is dated 9 August 1328.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/264/13189

For transcript, see no.11 of PRO 31/7/96

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1599
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.43 (appointment of petitioner as receiver and keeper of the King's victuals at Newcastle upon Tyne) & 100 (appointment of Robert de Nottingham, Baron of the Exchequer, to survey the King's victuals in the petitioner's keeping, and to dispose of them for the King's advantage, so that John answer at the Exchequer for the proceeds)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149469/

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