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Thomas de Ildreton (Ilderton), Chamberlain of Berwick. de Ildreton (Ilderton) Thomas...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/118/5899

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This record is about the Thomas de Ildreton (Ilderton), Chamberlain of Berwick. de Ildreton (Ilderton) Thomas... dating from [c. 1379-c. 1381] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/118/5899
Date
[c. 1379-c. 1381]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Ildreton (Ilderton), Chamberlain of Berwick.
Name(s)
de Ildreton (Ilderton), Thomas
Addressees
Council.
Places mentioned
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
Nature of request
Ildreton requests letters patent confirming to him all the lands, rents and fees associated with the office of Chamberlain of Berwick upon Tweed, to which he has been appointed. Some of these issues have been granted to others.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Note
Dated on the guard to 1381-2 on the basis of Ildreton and Heron agreeing to serve as keepers of Berwick from Hilary 1382 (Cal. Docs. Scot., vol. IV, no.305). However, he clearly received this office earlier (ibid., no.276, a similar indenture dated 24 May 1379), and held it for a number of years (ibid., no.306, referring to Ildreton's accounts for Berwick, 2-4 Richard II).
Related material

For transcript, see no.37 of PRO 31/7/107

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4531
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. IV, 1357-1509, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), no.276 (indenture by John Heron and Thomas de Ildreton, agreeing to keep Berwick-upon-Tweed for a year from Trinity Sunday 1379) & no.305 (similar indenture for a year from St Hilary 1382)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150580/

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