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Robert le Ewer (Lewer). Ewer (Lewer) Robert King. Robert le Ewer asks that he might...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/240/11998

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This record is about the Robert le Ewer (Lewer). Ewer (Lewer) Robert King. Robert le Ewer asks that he might... dating from [1308] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/240/11998
Date
[1308]
Description
Petitioners
Robert le Ewer (Lewer).
Name(s)
Ewer (Lewer), Robert
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Robert le Ewer asks that he might hold for term of life the bailiwick that he holds of the King's gift, the keeping of the gaol of Somerton, and the hundreds of Catsash and Stone, without any increase in rent; and he requests the King's letter to the Chancellor to have a charter for this.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Somerton, [Somerset]
Catsash hundred, [Somerset]
Stone hundred, [Somerset].
Related material

For another version of this petition, see SC 8/195/9749

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.275 (mandate to give the petitioner the appropriate letters for these things, which the King has granted him)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335562/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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