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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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Richard de Clare, clerk of the Earl of Gloucester. de Clare Richard King. clerk of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/180/8952
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This record is about the Richard de Clare, clerk of the Earl of Gloucester. de Clare Richard King. clerk of... dating from [? c. 1310] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/180/8952
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1310]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Clare, clerk of the Earl of Gloucester.
- Name(s)
- de Clare, Richard
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk of the Earl of Gloucester
- Nature of request
- The petitioner requests a grant of 60 acres of waste at Prestesover in Windsor Forest, on the same terms as other grants in that forest, and that a writ ad quod damnum be issued to the justices of the forest.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Windsor Forest
- Prestesover [unidentified].
- People mentioned
- [Gilbert de Clare], Earl of Gloucester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? c. 1310, on the basis that it must have pre-dated the death of the Earl of Gloucester (from the handwriting, this would seem to be Gilbert de Clare, killed at Bannockburn in 1314). However, this date is clearly very approximate.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition probably from this petitioner see SC 8/99/4945
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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/C9294820/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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