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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Cusance, keeper of the King's Wardrobe. de Cusance William Chancellor....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/303/15110
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/303/15110
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1341]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Cusance, keeper of the King's Wardrobe.
- Name(s)
- de Cusance, William
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- keeper of the King's Wardrobe
- Nature of request
- Cusance requests that whereas he and Montague agreed that this next voyage overseas would comprise a banneret, 6 knights, 13 squires, 12 men at arms and 12 archers for wages amounting to £76 for 40 days, for which sacks of wool (each worth 10 marks) were assigned in Suffolk for the King's household, that the chancellor grant writs thereon.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be noted that Cusance said in Chancery that Montague was owed £40 which remains beyond the value of the said wool.
- Places mentioned
- Suffolk.
- People mentioned
- Edward de Montagu (Montague).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition relates to the special scheme for subsidising a military campaign in 1341: see M. Prestwich, 'English armies in the early stages of the Hundred Years War: a scheme in 1341', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 56 (1983), 102-13.
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1340-1343, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.269 (assignment to Montague of wool in Suffolk naming Cusance as late keeper of the Wardrobe)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9528857/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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