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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Geoffrey le Keu (Cook), bailiff of Lyme Regis. Keu (Cook) Geoffrey King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/312/E18
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This record is about the Geoffrey le Keu (Cook), bailiff of Lyme Regis. Keu (Cook) Geoffrey King and council.... dating from [c. 1294] 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 8/312/E18
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1294]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Geoffrey le Keu (Cook), bailiff of Lyme Regis.
- Name(s)
- Keu (Cook), Geoffrey
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- bailiff of Lyme Regis
- Nature of request
- Keu requests the king's grace as he has had a galley built and equipped by the king's command and which is now ready to move at the king's command and he has made tallies for the poor people of the country for this but has no money to pay them and they say he has received the money at the Exchequer and his put in great slander.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should go to the Exchequer.
- Places mentioned
- Lyme Regis, [Dorset].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1294 as the account for the making of the galley date to 23 and 24 Edw. I (E 101/5/21).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the account for the making of the galley, see E 101/5/21
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529067/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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