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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas de Esthalle (Easthall), king's clerk and chamberlain of North Wales. de Esthalle...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/271/13545
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This record is about the Thomas de Esthalle (Easthall), king's clerk and chamberlain of North Wales. de Esthalle... dating from [1312] 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 8/271/13545
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1312]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Esthalle (Easthall), king's clerk and chamberlain of North Wales.
- Name(s)
- de Esthalle (Easthall), Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- king's clerk and chamberlain of North Wales
- Nature of request
- Esthalle requests that he can be mainprised by those who will be willing to be mainpernors for him as he is imprisoned in the Fleet concerning his failure to account for his office, and when the mainprise has been found that he can live of his own since his estates and goods have been sequestered and he has nothing.
- Places mentioned
- Fleet prison, [London]
- North Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1312 as the treasurer was commanded to free the petitioner on his finding sufficient mainprise on 24 May 1312 (CCR 1307-13, p.423).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the warrant in which petition might possibly have been enclosed, see no.2184 in C 81/79
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.457-8 (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.373 (warrant relating to this petition)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.423 (order to release the petitioner on his finding sufficient mainprise)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517492/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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