Piece
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
John le White of Thorley. White John King and council. John le White of Thorley states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/147/7313
What’s it about?
This record is about the John le White of Thorley. White John King and council. John le White of Thorley states... dating from [c. 1333] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/147/7313
-
Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1333]
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
- Petitioners
- John le White of Thorley.
- Name(s)
- White, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John le White of Thorley states that when the King granted him the keeping of the manors of Thorley and Wellow on the Isle of Wight for the term of twelve years, he spent a lot of his money stocking the manors and providing for his cultivation, but that when he had done so, the King gave the manors to Hugh le Despenser, without reason and contrary to the terms of his commission. He requests an allowance for his costs and expenses, or, in compensation, an allowance for a debt of £71 for goods and chattels found in the manors, with which he is charged in the Exchequer.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Thorley, [Hampshire]
- Wellow, [Hampshire]
- Isle of Wight, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser.
-
Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1330-4 pp.377-378 is dated 16 December 1332. The petition must date from shortly after this.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- French
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.377-378 (grant of these manors to Hugh le Despenser)
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209497/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
74,884 records
Within the department: SC
Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...
18,283 records
Within the series: SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
52 records
Within the piece: SC 8/147
7301-7350. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...
You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/147/7313
John le White of Thorley. White John King and council. John le White of Thorley states...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.