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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Walter de Weston. de Weston Walter King. [Petition in 4 parts, seemingly referring...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/174/8691
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This record is about the Walter de Weston. de Weston Walter King. [Petition in 4 parts, seemingly referring... dating from [c. 1340] 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 8/174/8691
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter de Weston.
- Name(s)
- de Weston, Walter
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 4 parts, seemingly referring back to the period when Weston was in charge of the keeping of the Channel Islands, during the absence of Thomas de Ferrers, the Keeper. Much of the petition is faded and largely illegible, and the precise nature of the requests are difficult to establish.]
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face][on dorse] Petitions of Walter de Weston.
- Places mentioned
- Channel Islands.
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Ferrers, [Keeper of the Channel Islands]
- Robert de Jarny
- Philip de B[B...].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Ferrers was Keeper of the Channel Islands in 1337-40 and 1343-7, and Weston was his sub-warden for many years. Weston led a force which re-captured Guernsey from the French in 1340, and the petition probably dates to around this time.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294558/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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