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Walter de Faucomberg. de Faucomberg Walter King. Faucomberg requests a reduction...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/267/13308
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This record is about the Walter de Faucomberg. de Faucomberg Walter King. Faucomberg requests a reduction... dating from [c. 1356] 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 8/267/13308
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1356]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter de Faucomberg.
- Name(s)
- de Faucomberg, Walter
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Faucomberg requests a reduction in his farm as he holds the bailiwick of Langbaurgh from the king at fee farm for 40 marks per annum, and the king has enfranchised the archbishop of Canterbury in all the lands that he had in the bailiwick so that he is unable to pay all of his farm.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let nothing be done without calling the archbishop and Rokesby to whom the king has granted the 40 marks to be taken by him and his heirs for all days.
- Places mentioned
- Langbaurgh, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- Thomas de Rokesby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1356 as it is clear that Thomas de Rokesby who is referred to in the response was in possession of the 40 marks granted to him by the king at this stage (CPR 1354-8, pp.421, 577).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/158/7880
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. X, 1354-1360, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.439 (reference to the petitioner in possession of the wapentake)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. VI, Edw III, 1347-1356, (Public Record Office, 1922), p.203 (order to deliver wapentake of Langbargh to the petitioner, he having done homage)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IX, 1350-1354, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.256 (pardon for the acquisition of the wapentake and licence to retain it)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. X, 1354-1358, (Public Record Office, 1910), pp.421, 577 (references to the petitioner in possession of the wapentake)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517255/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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