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John de Seynt John (St John). de Seynt John (St John) John King. Seint John requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/232/11594

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Reference
SC 8/232/11594
Date
[? 1307]
Description
Petitioners
John de Seynt John (St John).
Name(s)
de Seynt John (St John), John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Seint John requests that the demand on him for a Gascon debt from the time of his father be respited until Easter next as the sheriffs in the counties where he holds land have attached all his chattels, movable and immovable so that he will not be able to go on the king's expedition according to the king's commandment.
Nature of endorsement
Sheriff of Cambridgeshire.. . .Sheriff of Hampshire.. . .
Places mentioned
Scotland
Gascony, [France].
Note
The petition is dated to? 1307 as it is possible that the protection granted to the petitioner staying in Scotland in the king's service refers to the campaign also referred to in the petition (CPR 1307-13, p.9).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.9 (protection for the petitioner staying in Scotland on the king's service)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335153/

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