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Gerard Archiler. Archiler Gerard King. Archiler requests that the chancellor be commanded...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/245/12243

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Reference
SC 8/245/12243
Date
[1341]
Description
Petitioners
Gerard Archiler.
Name(s)
Archiler, Gerard
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Archiler requests that the chancellor be commanded to make a writ to the sheriff to deliver the wages that are due to him by letters of the king as the sheriff refuses to pay him because of a contrary order.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
People mentioned
Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire.
Note
The petition dates to 1341 as the sheriff was ordered to pay the wages to the petitioner on 2 April 1341, the letter of the secret seal dating to the same day (CCR 1341-3, p.42; C 81/1330/58).
Related material

For the secret seal letter with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.58 in C 81/1330

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VI, 1341-1343, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.42 (order to the sheriff to pay him the customary wages)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439849/

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