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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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Edmund le Cheyne, Keeper of the palace of Westminster, and Joan le Cheyne, his wife....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/260/12971
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This record is about the Edmund le Cheyne, Keeper of the palace of Westminster, and Joan le Cheyne, his wife.... dating from [? c. 1320-1332] 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 8/260/12971
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1320-1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edmund le Cheyne, Keeper of the palace of Westminster, and Joan le Cheyne, his wife.
- Name(s)
- Cheyne; Cheyne, Edmund; Joan
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Keeper of the palace of Westminster
- Nature of request
- Edmund le Cheyne, Keeper of the palace of Westminster, and Joan, his wife, state that they and their ancestors who have held this office have always had a livery of the pantry, buttery, kitchen and chandlery, as other sergeants of the household receive by the day, as they can show by all the good ways that the court will adjudge, but that this livery has now been withheld. They ask that the Steward might be ordered to let them have it back.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Steward is to be ordered to inform himself of all the things contained in this petition, and of the title by which he claims such a livery, and into all their circumstances; and they are further to do justice according to their discretion.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated by the hand and the French endorsement. Joan is dead by 4 November 1332 (CCR 1330-3 pp.503-504).
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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/C9516915/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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