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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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William Lovell (Lovel). Lovell (Lovel) William King. Lovell requests that he be released...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/175/8723
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This record is about the William Lovell (Lovel). Lovell (Lovel) William King. Lovell requests that he be released... dating from [1333] 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 8/175/8723
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Lovell (Lovel).
- Name(s)
- Lovell (Lovel), William
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Lovell requests that he be released from a recognizance in £40 that he was forced to make to Despenser to have his service, and Lovell served him for three years and he dared not to annul the recognizance, and now the sum is demanded in the Exchequer.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the £40 be pardoned if it pleases the king.
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser, the son.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1333 as the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer were ordered to discharge the petitioner on 4 August 1333 (CCR 1333-7, p.74).
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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 III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.74 (order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to discharge the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294591/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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