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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Welleby. de Welleby William King and council. [Petition in three parts].1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7519
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This record is about the William de Welleby. de Welleby William King and council. [Petition in three parts].1)... dating from [c. 1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/151/7519
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Welleby.
- Name(s)
- de Welleby, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in three parts].1) Welleby requests that the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer be ordered to make allowance for a sum he delivered to John de . . . since Welleby was bailiff of certain lands that were Gant's.2) He requests allowance for goods that he was ordered by writ of the Exchequer to deliver to the prior of Farleigh.3) He requests remedy for sheep and cows that were taken from him by the late sheriff of Lincolnshire against common law.4) He requests remedy as the king ordered that he be certified of Welleby's arrears but nothing has been done.5) He requests allowance of his costs that he incurred under command from the treasurer concerning the prior of Farleigh.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a writ of Chancery to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that when they have inspected the petition they should make allowance to the petitioner in accordance with the mandate of the king previously sent to them for the petitioner, a transcript of which is appended to this petition.
- Places mentioned
- Monkton Farleigh, [Wiltshire]
- Lincolnshire.
- People mentioned
- John de . . .
- Gilbert de Gaunt (Gant)
- Prior of Monkton Farleigh
- Thomas de Bourneham (Burnham), late sheriff of Lincolnshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1307 as it refers to events in 34 Edw. I (1305-6), and to Thomas de Burnham being the former sheriff of Lincolnshire, Burnham serving two terms from October 1305 to November 1307, and May 1309 to March 1310. It seems likely that the petition dates to between Burnham's two terms.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209705/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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