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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Watford. de Watford William King and council. Watford requests that something...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/152/7558
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This record is about the William de Watford. de Watford William King and council. Watford requests that something... dating from [1327-1333] 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 8/152/7558
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Watford.
- Name(s)
- de Watford, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Watford requests that something be ordained for him to live on, or that he is given . . . in the household or elsewhere, as he has served for 30 years without reward.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.2) Let the petition be sent to Richard de Bury so that he can show it to the king so that the king can say his will.
- People mentioned
- Richard de Bury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is one of a number, almost certainly contemporary, bearing this response. The petition is dated to 1327-1333 as the response refers to Richard de Bury. Bury was a close adviser of the young Edward III, and the petition must date to the period from the start of his reign until Bury was made bishop of Durham in 1333. Because of damage to the petition, it is not entirely clear what the petitioner is asking for in the King's household, but if it is an office, it is quite probable that the grant of the office of Warrener of Leeds made to the petitioner on 22 January 1331 is made in response to this petition (CPR 1330-4, p.45). If this is so, it narrows the date of petitions answered referring the requests to Richard de Bury to early 1331.
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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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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), p.45 (appointment of Watford to the office of Warrener of Leeds)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209745/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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