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Alan de Walingford (Wallingford). de Walingford (Wallingford) Alan King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/319/E402

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This record is about the Alan de Walingford (Wallingford). de Walingford (Wallingford) Alan King and council.... dating from [? c. 1314] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/319/E402
Date
[? c. 1314]
Description
Petitioners
Alan de Walingford (Wallingford).
Name(s)
de Walingford (Wallingford), Alan
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
Wales
Gascony, [France]
Scotland.
Nature of request
Walingford requests that it be ordained that he can be served in some manner of the sums that he is owed for his service to the king and his father in Wales, Gascony and Scotland, he having lost his son and two cousins in Scotland, and being in so great mischief that he has nothing to live on.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.
Note
Dated on the guard to? c. 1314, with reference to SC 8/152/7563, which appears to date to the period shortly after Bannockburn. However, it may be earlier, as payments to the petitioner were authorized at least as early as 8 April 1305 (C 62/81, m 4).
Related material

For an order to pay the petitioner £35 8s 9d for his wages and losses in the king's service in Gascony, see m.4 of C 62/81

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/152/7563

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/C9529454/

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