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John de Leycestre (Leicester). de Leycestre (Leicester) John King and council. John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/261/13034
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This record is about the John de Leycestre (Leicester). de Leycestre (Leicester) John King and council. John... dating from [? 1330] 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 8/261/13034
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Leycestre (Leicester).
- Name(s)
- de Leycestre (Leicester), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John de Leycestre state that he has served the king, his father and his grandfather well as sergeant-at-arms in their wars in Scotland, and is still ready to serve him. He asks that he might be given some bailiwick or office in aid of his sustenance, as the king promised to reward him at the siege of Berwick.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.He is to advise the king what reward he wants and where.
- Places mentioned
- Stirling, [Stirlingshire], Scotland
- Methven, [Perthshire, Scotland]
- Lochmaben, [Dumfriesshire], Scotland
- Kyndromyn in Mar, (Kildrummy), [Aberdeenshire], Scotland
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- [Edward I], King of England
- Ingram de Umfrevill (Umfraville)
- William Olyffard
- Aymer de Valence
- Edward [II], King of England
- Donald de Mar
- [Isabella Comyn], Countess of Buchan
- Neil (Niall, Nigel) de Brus (Bruce)
- Edward de Cretynges.
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.548 (grant to John de Leycestre of the manors of Ebbesbourne Wake and Alvediston, until he should be provided with lands worth £10 annually)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516978/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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