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John Boutetourte (Buteturte). Boutetourte (Buteturte) John Hugh le Despenser. The...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/107/5344

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This record is about the John Boutetourte (Buteturte). Boutetourte (Buteturte) John Hugh le Despenser. The... dating from [1322-1326] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/107/5344
Date
[1322-1326]
Description
Petitioners
John Boutetourte (Buteturte).
Name(s)
Boutetourte (Buteturte), John
Addressees
Hugh le Despenser.
Nature of request
The petitioner requests relief in his dispute with the exchequer over the value of lands.
Nature of endorsement
Let the treasure be ordered to cancel all the debts to the king and to certify that he has done the king's will.
Places mentioned
Iselhamestede (Chenies), [Buckinghamshire].
People mentioned
Hugh le Despenser.
Note
Datable to the ascendancy of the Despensers in the 1320s.
Related material

For another petition by the petitioner and his wife, see SC 8/95/4715

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/35/1731

For another petition by the petitioner's wife, see SC 8/90/4483

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2849
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149914/

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