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John Wrig, son of Richard Wrig. Wrig John King and council. Wrig requests that the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/162/8062

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Reference
SC 8/162/8062
Date
[1318-1324]
Description
Petitioners
John Wrig, son of Richard Wrig.
Name(s)
Wrig, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Wrig requests that the king will allow him the sealing of his charter of pardon of his grace. He was granted the charter for the death of a man at the request of Valence with whom he served in the war and in the garrisons of Berwick and Roxburgh, as he has paid the clerks of Chancery their fee, but does not have anything to pay for the seal.1)
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.2) The king has granted that he should have his charter without making payment.
Places mentioned
Berewick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
Roxburgh, [Roxburghshire, Scotland].
People mentioned
Aymer de Valence, [earl of Pembroke].
Note
The petition is dated to 1318-1324 as the petition refers to service in the garrisons of Berwick and Roxburgh which were lost by 1318, and to the intervention of the earl of Pembroke, the earl being dead by June 1324.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293906/

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