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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Potu. de Potu William King. Potu requests that he be granted . . . of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/320/E446
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This record is about the William de Potu. de Potu William King. Potu requests that he be granted . . . of... dating from [? c. 1300-? c. 1307] 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 8/320/E446
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1300-? c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Potu.
- Name(s)
- de Potu, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Potu requests that he be granted . . . of escheat or of service where he is able to hold or of wardship so that he is not made a beggar by his long service to the king in Wales, Gascony, Scotland and Ireland, having lost horses and arms and been captured in battle.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should establish the facts in his petition so that he is able to speak to the king on them.
- Places mentioned
- Drosselane (Dryslwyn), [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
- Gascony, [France]
- St Sever, [Gascony, France]
- Es[...] [unidentified], [France]
- Boint [unidentified], [France]
- Scotland
- Ireland.
- People mentioned
- Alan Plockenet (Plunket).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1300-? c. 1307 as it appears to be a petition referring to service to Edward I, and participation in his campaigns in the last years of his life.
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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)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.516 (calendar of the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529498/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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