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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Heirs and land tenants of Gregory de Rokesle. King The heirs and land tenants request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/318/E329
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This record is about the Heirs and land tenants of Gregory de Rokesle. King The heirs and land tenants request... dating from [c. 1315] 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 8/318/E329
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Heirs and land tenants of Gregory de Rokesle.
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The heirs and land tenants request grace and that they be absolved of the 1,000 marks demanded in the Exchequer according to the pardon (recited in full) granted to Gregory de Rokesle for trespasses committed against the late king. Rokesle was arraigned within the Tower of London before Kirkby and stated that he came as keeper of the Exchange and not as mayor of London, he having given the seal of the mayoralty to Assewy at Barking church for which Kirkby took the city into the king's hand.
- Nature of endorsement
- F[Feit] [It has been done].
- Places mentioned
- London
- Tower of London, [London]
- Barking, [Essex].
- People mentioned
- Gregory de Rokesle, keeper of the exchange
- John de Kirkeby (Kirkby), then Treasurer
- Steven Assewy.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1315 as a Latin summary of a related petition was enrolled on the parliament roll for the parliament held at Westminster in the eighth year of Edward II after the octave of St Hilary (Rot. Parl., Vol. I, p.326a (no.184).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition by one of Gregory de Rokesle's sons concerning his debts, see SC 8/70/3468
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.326a (no.184) (Latin summary of related petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529381/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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