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Thomas le Botiller (Butler) the elder. le Botiller (Butler) Thomas King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/265/13236

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This record is about the Thomas le Botiller (Butler) the elder. le Botiller (Butler) Thomas King and council.... dating from [c. 1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/265/13236
Date
[c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas le Botiller (Butler) the elder.
Name(s)
le Botiller (Butler), Thomas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Le Botiller, who was with the rebels against his will for which the King seized all his lands, recounts how as soon as the King came into Gloucestershire and proclaimed that all should return to his grace and peace, the petitioner stole away from the rebels and went to Gloucester and took the oath and found pledges that he would never oppose the King again, and thereon he had a writ to have back his lands and to go with the King, at his own cost, until his enemies were destroyed, and the King then ordered him to accompany him to Scotland, at his own cost, in hope of pardon, to the great burden of his wife and children. The petitioner requests that he be released from paying 200 marks with which he was charged by Staunton in Gloucestershire since he is also charged in the common fine with 45 marks.
Nature of endorsement
It is recorded that le Botiller and Berkley should make fine before the King for being with the rebels etc. And it seems to the council that if they returned and the King pardoned them etc. that the King should grant grace, if he pleases.
Places mentioned
Gloucestershire
Gloucester, [Gloucestershire]
Scotland
Coberley, [Gloucestershire].
People mentioned
Robert de Welle
Henry de Staunton
Thomas de Berkleye (Berkley) of Coberley.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1322, with reference to CCR 1318-23, p. 420, a 1322 order to restore the petitioner to his lands in Coberley.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/265/13238

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 II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.420 (1322 order to restore petitioner to his lands in Coberley)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517183/

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