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Adam de Clifton, kinsman and heir of Thomas de Cailly. de Clifton Adam King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/266/13284

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Reference
SC 8/266/13284
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
Adam de Clifton, kinsman and heir of Thomas de Cailly.
Name(s)
de Clifton, Adam
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Clifton requests that his minority is not turned to his disadvantage as he holds the castle of Buckenham from the king in chief by homage and by the service of being chief butler for a fee and to do service at the [coronation].
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
New Buckenham, Norfolk.
Note
The petition is dated to 1327 as it is one of a number of petitions requesting that services held for sergeanty could be performed at the coronation of that year (BIHR, vol 14, p.6 (full edition of petition).
Related material

For a related memorandum concerning this and other related petitions, see SC 8/340/16045

For a rival petition concerning this sergeanty, see SC 8/260/12974

For a related petition concerning another coronation sergeanty, see SC 8/265/13230

For a related petition concerning another coronation sergeanty,, see no. 17 in C 81/136

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Early Coronation Records, H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Clarendon Press, 1936), pp.1-9 (discussion and full edition of petition and other related petitions and records)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517231/

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