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Nicholas de Tewkesbury, late sheriff of Devon. de Tewkesbury Nicholas King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/162/8095

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Reference
SC 8/162/8095
Date
[1317-1320]
Description
Petitioners
Nicholas de Tewkesbury, late sheriff of Devon.
Name(s)
de Tewkesbury, Nicholas
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
sheriff of Devon
Nature of request
Tewkesbury requests a remedy so that the sums he expended in the purchase of corn and other victuals which were dispatched to Berwick by the king's order be allowed in his account as two treasurers have commanded such an allowance but it has not been delayed.
Nature of endorsement
Let the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer be commanded to view the letters sent to them by the king upon the contents of the petition, and also the inquisitions taken upon this, and they should make allowance according to the tenor of the orders and inquisitions. If there is a reasonable cause whereby this ought not to be done then the king is to be certified.
Places mentioned
Devon
Scotland
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
Tavistock, [Devon].
People mentioned
William Martin
Robert de Stokhey
William Burne (Bourne)
Bishop of Exeter
[Nicholas of Hanslope], abbot of Tavistock
[John Hotham], bishop of Ely
Walter de Norwyz (Norwich), late treasurer.
Note
The petition probably dates to 1320. One of the inquisitions referred to in this petition dates to 1317/1318, and this petition refers to former treasurers John de Hotham and Walter de Norwich. Norwich served several terms, but if the treasurers are referred to in the order that they served, Hotham served from May 1317 to June 1318, and Norwich from September 1319 to February 1320, which would date to after February 1320. If the references refer to Hotham as the most recent of the two treasurers, then the petition would date to after June 1318, Norwich's previous term ending in May 1317.
Related material

For a copy of a writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to make allowance, see SC 8/162/8094

For the copy of another inquisition formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/162/8096

For a copy of another writ formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/162/8097

For a copy of one of the inquisitions formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/162/8093

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/C9293939/

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