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John de Walkingham, son of Alan de Walkingham. de Walkingham John King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/313/E99

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This record is about the John de Walkingham, son of Alan de Walkingham. de Walkingham John King and council.... dating from [c. 1301] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/313/E99
Date
[c. 1301]
Description
Petitioners
John de Walkingham, son of Alan de Walkingham.
Name(s)
de Walkingham, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Walkingham requests remedy as he is being distrained for the third penny for puture by the steward of Knaresborough, when his father only paid 2d. a day and this by duress and distress in the time of the king of Almaine, the third penny initially being taken by Cornwall during the petitioner's minority.1)
Nature of endorsement
Let it remain with the other.2) Coram rege.
Places mentioned
Farnham, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Yorkshire.
People mentioned
Richard, King of Almaine (King of the Romans)
Richard de Cornwayl (Cornwall), late steward of Knaresborough
Miles de Stapelton, steward of Knaresborough
Alan de Walkingham, father of the petitioner.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1301 as it seems likely that it is a near contemporary of another petition by the same petitioner (SC 8/313/E94).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/313/E94

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/313/E100

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529150/

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