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Ralph de Gorges. de Gorges Ralph King and council. Gorges requests allowance in the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/171/8515

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SC 8/171/8515
Date
[1308]
Description
Petitioners
Ralph de Gorges.
Name(s)
de Gorges, Ralph
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Gorges requests allowance in the debt that he owes the king for wages and compensation for lost horses due to his father for the Gascon war.
Nature of endorsement
It should be accounted in the Wardrobe, and he should have allowance of the money which the king owes, and respite until Christmas, and let Droxford be ordered to account with the petitioner, and in the meantime certify the treasurer and barons of what the king owes etc. in the Wardrobe.
Places mentioned
Gascony, [France].
People mentioned
John de Droxford.
Note
The petition dates to 1308 as the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer were ordered to make allowance to the petitioner on 14 May 1308 (CCR 1307-13, p.34).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.34 (order to make allowance to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294380/

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