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Adam de Kyngeston (Kingston). de Kyngeston (Kingston) Adam King. Kyngeston requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/120/5958

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This record is about the Adam de Kyngeston (Kingston). de Kyngeston (Kingston) Adam King. Kyngeston requests... dating from [? c. 1324] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/120/5958
Date
[? c. 1324]
Description
Petitioners
Adam de Kyngeston (Kingston).
Name(s)
de Kyngeston (Kingston), Adam
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Kyngeston requests payment for fish bought from him for the king's use by Godington and Turk in February and March 2 Edward II for which he has bills.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons etc. that when they have seen what he has of this and searched the accounts of that period, if they find the debt to be due then they are to certify the king.
People mentioned
Walter de Godyneton (Godington)
Robert Turk.
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to? c. 1324 on the basis of the guard comment, though no supporting evidence is given. The petition is endorsed in French so is likely to be after 1322. It is not clear whether the petition is contemporary with SC 8/120/5959 or not.
Related material

For transcript, see no.9 of PRO 31/7/98

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter see SC 8/120/5959

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4708
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150651/

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