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Joseph de Kauncy (Chauncy), Treasurer of England, and other Barons of the Exchequer....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/220/10978

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Reference
SC 8/220/10978
Date
[c. 1279]
Description
Petitioners
Joseph de Kauncy (Chauncy), Treasurer of England, and other Barons of the Exchequer.
Name(s)
de Kauncy (Chauncy), Joseph
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Treasurer of England; Barons of the Exchequer
Nature of request
Letter to Edward I from the Treasurer, Joseph de Chauncy, and the Barons of the Exchequer, responding to the king's request for information concerning wages paid to Eddeworth and his seven sergeants-at-arms during his time as Constable of the Tower of London during the reign of Henry III.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Tower of London, [London].
People mentioned
Stephen de Eddeworth (Edworth), former Constable of the Tower of London
Henry III, King of England
Hugh FitzOtto.
Note
Dated to c.1279 with reference to a related petition at SC 8/220/10977.
Related material

For the petition to which this letter presumably relates see SC 8/220/10977

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334537/

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