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William de Wyndesore (Windsor). de Wyndesore (Windsor) William King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/148/7352

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This record is about the William de Wyndesore (Windsor). de Wyndesore (Windsor) William King and council.... dating from [c. 1382-c. 1384] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/148/7352
Date
[c. 1382-c. 1384]
Description
Petitioners
William de Wyndesore (Windsor).
Name(s)
de Wyndesore (Windsor), William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
William de Wyndesore states that Edward III appointed him Governor of Ireland for a year, in the forty-seventh year of his reign, and that at the end of that year he asked him to stay on with his retinue, for the safe-keeping of that land, to be paid as before. He asks that the Treasurer, Barons and Chamberlains of the Exchequer might be ordered to account with him for the wages of his men and other reasonable expenses during this period.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Ireland.
People mentioned
Edward [III], King of England.
Note
Dated to 'c 1382-c 1384' by 'Irish Ancient Petitions' p.50.
Related material

For transcript, see no.34 of PRO 31/7/109

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.50 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209536/

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