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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Isdle (Lisle) of Burley. de Isdle (Lisle) John King. [Petition in 3 parts:]1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/247/12341
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This record is about the John de Isdle (Lisle) of Burley. de Isdle (Lisle) John King. [Petition in 3 parts:]1)... dating from [1341] 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 8/247/12341
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1341]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Isdle (Lisle) of Burley.
- Name(s)
- de Isdle (Lisle), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 3 parts:]1) Isdle requests the king pay money due to him for the expenses that he has made over 8 years in the duchy of Guyenne as mayor and keeper of Bordeaux, as he is on the point of ruin without recovery.2) He requests remedy concerning the malicious and wrongful suit of the abbot and monks of Westminster for his manor of Moulsham.3) He requests remedy concerning the costs that he has incurred in an assize for the manor of Kislingbury which was entered by his nephew who believed him dead by his long absence.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Guyenne, [France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Moulsham, [Essex]
- Kislingbury, [Northamptonshire]
- Burley, [Rutland].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Westminster
- Gerald de Isdle (Lisle), nephew of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1341 on the basis of the dated '15 Edw. 3' printed on the guard.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/14/685
For a related document, see no. 15921 in C 81/295
For the letter of the secret seal with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.60 in C 81/1330
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439947/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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