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Robert de Preston of Beaumaris; Henry del Ewe of Beaumaris; Robert Hyth of Beaumaris;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/320/E425

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Reference
SC 8/320/E425
Date
[1296-1297]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Preston of Beaumaris; Henry del Ewe of Beaumaris; Robert Hyth of Beaumaris; Ellen de Prestone (Preston) of Beaumaris; Anneys de Eigleby of Beaumaris.
Name(s)
de Preston; Ewe; Hyth; de Prestone (Preston); de Eigleby, Robert; Henry; Robert; Ellen; Anneys
Addressees
John de Droxford.
Nature of request
Preston and the other people of Beaumaris request Droxford's grace concerning a debt that the king owes them for wheat, malt, flour, meat, fish, stone and chains, the king having often commanded payment, and the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer having assigned payment to Droxford.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Beaumaris, [Anglesey, Wales].
People mentioned
John de Drokenford (Droxford), [Keeper of the Wardrobe]
Note
The petition is dated to 1296-1297 as it seems likely that it is contemporary with the preceding petition which also concerns a debt for victuals and other goods taken for Beaumaris Castle (SC 8/320/E424). The debt is also likely to be that debt referred to in SC 8/131/6507.
Related material

For another petition that probably includes these petitioners, see SC 8/131/6507

For another petition on the same matter, see SC 8/312/E35

For a related petition, see SC 8/324/E624

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/C9529477/

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