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Gilbert de Mordon, late sheriff of London. de Mordon Gilbert King and council sheriff...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6280A

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Reference
SC 8/126/6280A
Date
[1330]
Description
Petitioners
Gilbert de Mordon, late sheriff of London.
Name(s)
de Mordon, Gilbert
Addressees
King and council
Occupation
sheriff of London
Nature of request
Mordon requests relief on his account as sheriff of London (under Edward II) of the sum of £11 6s 8d spent on wheat purchased for the use of Edward I, for which he holds a bill of the wardrobe.
Nature of endorsement
Let him have a writ to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer that they view the bill and make allowance of the debt as requested.
Places mentioned
London.
People mentioned
[Edward II, King of England]
[Edward I, King of England].
Note
Firmly dated 1330 by reference to Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined., p.207 (no. 38).
Related material

For transcript, see no.39 of PRO 31/7/96

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5700
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), p.207 (no. 38) (transcription of petition on parliament roll, with a response different from that which appears in the endorsement of the original)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208454/

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