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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
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Walter de Weston, clerk of works of the king's palace. de Weston Walter King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/159/7929
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This record is about the Walter de Weston, clerk of works of the king's palace. de Weston Walter King and... dating from [c. 1331] 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 8/159/7929
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter de Weston, clerk of works of the king's palace.
- Name(s)
- de Weston, Walter
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk of works of the king's palace
- Nature of request
- [The petition is damaged and the full sense is difficult to recover].Weston petitions that he may have the places and houses assigned to him for his office be quit of all liveries.
- Nature of endorsement
- The clerk of the palace ought to have the houses assigned to him for the king's works, by which he should have a writ to the steward and marshal that they suffer him to hold them quit of all liveries.
- Places mentioned
- [Westminster].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1331 as the petitioner was granted the office on 23 January 1331 (CPR 1330-4, p.44). The petition does not seem likely to be too long afterwards.
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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.44 (grant to the petitioner of the office of clerk of the works for life)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210121/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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