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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Gotham. Gotham William King. Gotham, as executor of Lincoln, requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/110/5494
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/110/5494
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1328-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Gotham.
- Name(s)
- Gotham, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Gotham, as executor of Lincoln, requests that the treasurer and barons of the exchequer be ordered to view the rolls of accounts of the customs collectors at Hull in the first year of the king's reign and establish whether anything is owed by the king to Lincoln.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the treasurer and barons be ordered to view the rolls and make payment if appropriate.
- Places mentioned
- Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire]
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Walter de Lincoln, merchant of Nottingham
- Robert de Burton, collector of customs
- John de Barton (Burton), collector of customs.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The mention of Burton and Barton as customs collectors allows the reference to the first year of the king's reign to be established as that of Edward III; on the basis of the hand, the petition is assumed to date from some time in the first half of that reign.
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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 3393
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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/C9150159/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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