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William de Whithurst, clerk. de Whithurst William King and council. clerk William...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/239/11922

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Reference
SC 8/239/11922
Date
[1337]
Description
Petitioners
William de Whithurst, clerk.
Name(s)
de Whithurst, William
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
clerk
Nature of request
William de Whithurst states that William de Holyns was appointed by the King's father in the twentieth year of his reign to pay the wages at Gloucester of men coming to the late King's aid in the pursuit of Hugh le Despenser and other rebels, and that he was given £100 by the King to do so; but that the present King and the Queen his mother took the remainder of this money when they came to Gloucester, and the Queen gave him an acquittance for it. He was later appointed to guard the jewels, goods and chattels belonging to the Earl of Kent found in Arundel Castle, and delivered them to the Countess of Kent at the King's command. William de Whithurst is the tenant of William de Holyns' lands, and is distrained to render account for these sums. He asks to be pardoned this account, as he can produce no documents concerning the payment of wages (although he can show other documents), and also to be pardoned any issues forfeited to the King because the account has not yet been rendered.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Gloucester, [Gloucestershire]
Arundel, [Sussex].
People mentioned
William de Holyns
Edward [II], King of England
Hugh le Despenser
Simon de Redingg (Reading)
[Isabella of France], Queen of England
[Edmund of Woodstock], Earl of Kent
Margaret, [Wake, Countess of Kent].
Note
Formerly enclosed with no.9769 of C 81/233, which is dated 10 February 11 Edward III (1337).CPR 1334-8 pp.381-382 is also dated 10 February 1337.
Related material

For a mandate to the Chancellor to give the petitioner the appropriate letters under the Great Seal, see no.9769 of C 81/233

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 III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.381-382 (pardon to the petitioner and to Roger atte Asshe on this matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335486/

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