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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Chastelay. de Chastelay William The King. The petitioner seeks restoration...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/4979
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This record is about the William de Chastelay. de Chastelay William The King. The petitioner seeks restoration... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/100/4979
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Chastelay.
- Name(s)
- de Chastelay, William
- Addressees
- The King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks restoration as keeper of the River Foss (or an equivalent office), inasmuch as he wishes the matter put before the good and loyal men of the city of York. He shows that the dead king granted the petitioner (in lieu of a pension), for twenty-two years of loyal service with him in the Scottish wars and elsewhere, the keeping of the River Foss, near York, to hold for his lifetime by letters patent enrolled in chancery. Then Despenser came and wrongfully ousted the petitioner without reason.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege.2) Show his charter, and if another has the office then he is to be warned to come to a certain day in chancery to show any knowledge he has why such a recovery should not be made.
- Places mentioned
- York.
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No firm context has been established within the patent rolls, but on internal evidence the petition clearly dates to early in the reign of Edward III.
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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 1784
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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/C9149546/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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