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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Travers, clerk. Travers John King. clerk Travers requests a certain advancement...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/177/8850
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/177/8850
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Travers, clerk.
- Name(s)
- Travers, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Travers requests a certain advancement as he has not had any provision for his service despite the letters of the late king, and he holds the office of constable of Bordeaux, but the pay is insufficient for the charges on it, and in the meantime he requests a suitable regard in aid of the charge.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that, if it pleases the king, he should now have a regard of 100 marks, and that this would seem most just. And afterwards it was shown to the king and it pleased him.
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1332 as the related enrolment on the Gascon roll is found on the roll for 6 Edw. III, and dates to 20 September (C 61/44, m.5).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/178/8879
For the order to the constable to take the 100 marks, see m.5 in C 61/44
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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/C9294718/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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