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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Darcy, 'le cosin'. Darcy John King. [Petition in 2 parts:]1) Darcy requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/242/12075
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/242/12075
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Darcy, 'le cosin'.
- Name(s)
- Darcy, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts:]1) Darcy requests that the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer be ordered to make allowance for the sum of £100 that the king ordered the sheriff of Yorkshire to pay him for his preparations towards going to Ireland as this was a gift of the king's father. He also requests that they be commanded to account with him for the time that he was the king's minister.2) He requests that the treasurer and barons of Ireland be commanded to account with him for the voyages made in Ireland, and the horses he lost in the king's service.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Ireland.
- People mentioned
- Roger de Somerville, sheriff of Yorkshire
- Walter de Islep (Islip), late Treasurer of Ireland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1330 as the various requests of the petitioner were granted by three entries in the close rolls of 15 April 1330, the privy seal warrant dating to the same day (CCR 1330-3, p.18; C 81/170/3439).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 3439 in C 81/170
For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter, see SC 8/239/11949
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.18 (three entries in response to this petition)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439678/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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