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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Tong, late one of the king's victuallers of Scotland. de Tong Robert King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/245/12237
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This record is about the Robert de Tong, late one of the king's victuallers of Scotland. de Tong Robert King.... dating from [1340] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/245/12237
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Tong, late one of the king's victuallers of Scotland.
- Name(s)
- de Tong, Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- one of the king's victuallers of Scotland
- Nature of request
- [The petition is damaged along its right-hand side.]Tong requests a letter under the privy seal to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer [to make allowance] to him in his account for victuals lost at sea when he was one of the king's victuallers. He also requests a letter under the privy seal to the treasurer, barons and chamberlains to make payment or assignment to him for . . .
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Scotland.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the damaged privy seal warrant with which this petition was very possibly formerly enclosed, see no. 13663 in C 81/272
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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. V, 1339-1341, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.415 (order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to view the petitioner's evidence and cause him to have allowance)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439843/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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