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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Ellis de Joneston (Johnston). de Joneston (Johnston) Ellis King and Council. Ellis...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/167/8303
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This record is about the Ellis de Joneston (Johnston). de Joneston (Johnston) Ellis King and Council. Ellis... dating from [? c. 1318] 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 8/167/8303
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Ellis de Joneston (Johnston).
- Name(s)
- de Joneston (Johnston), Ellis
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- Ellis de Joneston states that in September in the king's third year it was ordained that he was to stay continually with the clerks dealing with Gascon business, receiving his wages at the Exchequer and accounting at the Wardrobe. However, he did not receive these, and despite receiving credit from the king's ministers, he is unable to perform his duties. He therefore requests letters recording the sums due to him, and discharging him from accounting in the Wardrobe, that he may receive assignment of his wages at the Exchequer of Bordeaux.
- Nature of endorsement
- Have a writ to the Archbishop of York to certify to the king in chancery as to the truth of this matter.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Gascony, [France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- Archbishop of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1318, with reference to an order to the Treasurer in that year to account with Joneston on this matter.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition on this matter see SC 8/167/8338
For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/117/5850
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.39 (order to the Treasurer to settle Joneston's account)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294148/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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