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William de la Pole. Pole William King. [Petition in 2 parts:]1) Pole requests letters...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/247/12336

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SC 8/247/12336
Date
[1345]
Description
Petitioners
William de la Pole.
Name(s)
Pole, William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[Petition in 2 parts:]1) Pole requests letters to the treasure and barons of the Exchequer to discharge him of the 40s demanded from him for 300 sacks of wool that he shipped to Flanders, as the king granted him that those sacks should be quit of all customs and subsidies for a loan that he made to the king overseas.2) Pole requests allowance be made for the costs of carriage of grain that he bought when he was purveyor.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Flanders.
People mentioned
Robert de Askeby.
Note
The petition dates to 1345 as the privy seal warrant issued and the requests were granted on 13 June 1345 (C 81/304/16887; CCR 1343-6, p.538-9).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 16887 in C 81/304

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. VII, 1343-1346, (Public Record Office, 1904), pp.538-539 (order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to supersede the demand, and also to account with the petitioner for the purveyance)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439942/

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