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Alan de Shireburn, clerk. de Shireburn Alan King. [Petition in three parts].1) Shireburn...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/318/E307

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SC 8/318/E307
Date
[c. 1312]
Description
Petitioners
Alan de Shireburn, clerk.
Name(s)
de Shireburn, Alan
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[Petition in three parts].1) Shireburn requests payment for sheep and oxen taken from him at Hetton for the king's sustenance by Spray as he has not been paid and is greatly impoverished.2) He requests that payment is commanded for sheep and a gelding taken from him at Hetton for the king's sustenance by Pulter who said he would pay the petitioner when he was paid.3) He requests that payment is commanded for timber and firewood taken from him at Hetton to the king's use by Squeler.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Hetton, Northumberland.
People mentioned
Ralph Spray
Piers le Pulter
John le Squeler.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1312 on the basis of references to Ralph Spray as a purveyor of flesh and fish at Newcastle [CPR 1307-13::pp.450, 455].
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), p.115 (no.90) (translation of petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.450, 455 (references to Spray as purveyor of flesh and fish at the town of Newcastle upon Tyne.)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529359/

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