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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Ellis de Jonestone (Johnston). de Jonestone (Johnston) Ellis King and Council. [This...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/117/5850
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This record is about the Ellis de Jonestone (Johnston). de Jonestone (Johnston) Ellis King and Council. [This... dating from [c. 1335] 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 8/117/5850
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Ellis de Jonestone (Johnston).
- Name(s)
- de Jonestone (Johnston), Ellis
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- [This document is badly damaged and stained]Jonestone requests the appointment of someone to attend the court of France in his place, to ensure various processes pending there against the king of England regarding issues in Gascony do not default. Jonestone states that he was to be replaced in his duties by Piers, but Piers has not yet arrived, and thus Jonestone reluctantly offers to act if required, and if a new commission is issued.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Duchy of Guyenne, [France]
- Paris, [France]
- Blaye, [Guyenne, France]
- Ornoun (Villenave d'Ornon), [Guyenne, France]
- Saintes, [Guyenne, France]
- Gascony, [France]
- Agenais, [Gascony, France]
- York.
- People mentioned
- [Philip VI], King of France
- Lady of Ornoun
- Seneschal of Saintes
- John Piers (Peres).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Jonestone was active as keeper of the processes in the court of France for many years. Piers was appointed as successor to Jonestone as keeper of processes in the court of France on 6 June 1335 (C 47/30/4/28), and this document was presumably presented soon afterwards.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Jonestone's report on the issues relating to Blaye and other matters see C 47/30/5/9
For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/167/8303
For Piers' appointment as keeper of the processes in Paris see C 47/30/4/28
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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 4434
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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/C9150529/
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