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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Esthall. de Esthall William King and council. The petitioner, as executor...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/109/5442
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This record is about the William de Esthall. de Esthall William King and council. The petitioner, as executor... dating from [c. 1319-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 8/109/5442
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1319-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Esthall.
- Name(s)
- de Esthall, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner, as executor of John de Sor, a collector of the taxes of a sixth and an eighth granted to the king's father, is oppressed by the Exchequer in demands for unpaid sums towards those taxes; he reminds the present king that, in his parliament held at York in the twelfth year of his reign, he acquitted the debts towards those taxes of all those who had served in the late king's wars in Gascony.
- Nature of endorsement
- Nothing for this petition by the council.
- Places mentioned
- Gloucestershire
- Gascony, [France].
- People mentioned
- John de Sor
- Edmund [of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster]
- Walter de Beauchamp
- Guy Ferrers
- Hugh Audley
- Amaury de St Amand
- John de Suthlegh.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable, from internal references, between 1319 and the end of Edward II's reign.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.43 of PRO 31/7/97
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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 3241
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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/C9150016/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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