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Robert de Midelton (Middleton). de Midelton (Middleton) Robert King. Midelton requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/242/12088

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Reference
SC 8/242/12088
Date
[1330]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Midelton (Middleton).
Name(s)
de Midelton (Middleton), Robert
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Midelton requests that the king will assign certain people to examine the letters of the king's father that Midelton's father had, and his father's remembrances concerning the expenses that his father incurred in the safe-keeping of Montgomery castle and in raising troops against the king's enemies and the Scots during the time that he had the custody of the castle, and he requests allowance of the arrears for the farm that are now in demand on him.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Montgomery, [Montgomeryshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Philip de Midelton (Middleton), father of the petitioner.
Note
The petition dates to 1330 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 30 January 1330 [4 Edw. III] (C 81/168/3233).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 3233 in C 81/168

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.405-6 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439691/

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