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Robert de Leyset. de Leyset Robert King and Council. Robert de Leyset states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8380A
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/168/8380A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Leyset.
- Name(s)
- de Leyset, Robert
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- Robert de Leyset states that he was constable of Bordeaux for the king's father at the start of the war, but he was captured by the French and imprisoned for over two years, and as a result received nothing from the wardrobe for that period. However, the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer have found in their books that Edmund Jolla received certain sums during that time, for which Robert is being held to account. Langton was summoned to show whether Leyset was answerable for these sums, but he could not, and nor could his executors after his death, as shown in the attached schedule. However, 35 marks have been taken from goods belonging to him. He therefore requests that he be discharged from these sums and be restored to everything taken from him without cause.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- [Philip IV], King of France
- Edmund Jolla (Jollains)
- Walter de Langton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
- executors of Walter Langton.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the record of a pleading formerly attached to this petition see SC 8/168/8380B
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.309b (earlier related petition from Leyset regarding the loss of his accounts during his imprisonment)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294225/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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