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William Salvage of Essex. Salvage William King and council. Salvage requests, for...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/319/E381

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SC 8/319/E381
Date
[c. 1318]
Description
Petitioners
William Salvage of Essex.
Name(s)
Salvage, William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Salvage requests, for the long service that he has done the king and his father, and for the loss of all his chattels at Berwick where he resided in the castle in the company of Horsley until it was captures, that his charter of the country stolen at Berwick be renewed as his enemies in his absence and in covetousness of his lands have falsely had him outlawed and ejected his wife from his infants from his lands and tenements so that they have nothing to live on, and the petitioner dare not approach his country.1)
Nature of endorsement
For William Salvage of Essex of the country.2) Coram rege.
Places mentioned
Essex
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
Flanders.
People mentioned
Roger de Horselee (Horsley).
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1318 as it clearly closely follows the fall of Berwick to the Scots in that year.
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/C9529433/

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