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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Holdich, executor of the testament of Edward Mounthermer. de Holdich John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/177/8809
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This record is about the John de Holdich, executor of the testament of Edward Mounthermer. de Holdich John... 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 8/177/8809
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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
- John de Holdich, executor of the testament of Edward Mounthermer.
- Name(s)
- de Holdich, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Holdich requests that the king command writs for him to the treasurer, barons and chamberlains to pay to him the sum owed to Mounthermer, whose executor he is, or make an assignment of the farm of Waltham until the sum be paid. The king was bound to Mounthermer for wages for him and his men-at-arms, and for lost horses when he served the king in Brabant and Flanders, and despite bills and letters he received no payment in his lifetime. Mounthermer owed many men money and this remains unpaid, and Holdich has suffered great problems in the burial of Mounthermer, and he has not been able to perform the will without payment or assignment.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Brabant, [Belgium]
- France
- Waltham [unidentified].
- People mentioned
- Edward de Mounthermer (Monthermer).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1340, with reference to the death of Edward Monthermer (CFR 1337-47, p.158).
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. V, Edw III, 1337-1347, (Public Record Office, 1915), p.158 (order to the sheriff of Somerset to take Monthermer's lands into the king's hands)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294677/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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