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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Walter de Acre, burgess of King's Lynn. de Acre Walter King and council. Walter de...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/262/13087
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This record is about the Walter de Acre, burgess of King's Lynn. de Acre Walter King and council. Walter de... dating from [? c. 1300-? c. 1325] 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 8/262/13087
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1300-? c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter de Acre, burgess of King's Lynn.
- Name(s)
- de Acre, Walter
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Walter de Acre states that Alard le Burser, burgess of Aumale, has not paid him for goods bought from him, although the term for payment has passed, but has left the country so that Walter cannot have satisfaction. He requests a letter to the Mayor and Bailiffs of King's Lynn to hear his complaint and to arrest the goods of people from Aumale coming to King's Lynn, according to the custom of the law merchant of King's Lynn, until satisfaction has been given to Walter by Alard.
- Nature of endorsement
- The community of King's Lynn is to order the community of Aumale to do swift justice to the complainant; if they do not, the response is to be brought before the council, and the King will provide a remedy.
- Places mentioned
- King's Lynn, [Norfolk]
- Aumale, [Normandy, France]
- Ponthieu, [France].
- People mentioned
- Alard le Burser, burgess of Aumale
- Mayor and Bailiffs of King's Lynn.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and language.
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.460b (no.3) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517031/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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