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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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John de Cestre (Chester), son of Henry de Chester. de Cestre (Chester) John King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/319/E376
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This record is about the John de Cestre (Chester), son of Henry de Chester. de Cestre (Chester) John King... dating from [c. 1318] 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 8/319/E376
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Cestre (Chester), son of Henry de Chester.
- Name(s)
- de Cestre (Chester), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Flanders
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Tower of London, [London]
- Westminster.
- Nature of request
- Cestre requests that he be granted the office of clerk of the Exchange of the Tower of London and of the palace of Westminster, or clerk of the maltolt of London and of the palace for the term of his life, the king having promised him a pension at this parliament. Cestre has served the king's father in the wars of Scotland and Flanders and in the siege of the town of Berwick, and now in the siege of the castle of the town and has been captured twice and ransomed and has lost his horses and sold his lands in the king's service and has nothing to live on.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et consilio.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1318 as it refers to the seige of Berwick and the current siege of the castle of Berwick, they falling in that year. It is possible that this petition is part of the group of petitions that formed an original file at the end of file 318 dating to 1318-1319.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/324/E602
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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/C9529428/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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