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John de Beauchamp of Somerset. de Beauchamp John King and council. Beauchamp requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E504

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This record is about the John de Beauchamp of Somerset. de Beauchamp John King and council. Beauchamp requests... dating from [1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/322/E504
Date
[1307]
Description
Petitioners
John de Beauchamp of Somerset.
Name(s)
de Beauchamp, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Beauchamp requests that the service that the petitioner made to the king in his Scottish war be entered into the rolls of the Marshalcy and allowed, as the service is now demanded for the knights' fees held by the petitioner and his mother because it was not entered.1)
Nature of endorsement
By testimony of the prince himself.2) The prince's letter is to be delivered W. de Ayremynne for his warrant in Chancery; and it is enrolled in the rolls of parliament.
Places mentioned
Scotland.
People mentioned
Cecilie de Beauchamp, mother of the petitioner.
Note
The petition dates to 1307 as orders were issued to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to supersede the demands upon the petitioner and his mother as it had been attested by the prince that their service had been done (CCR 1307-13, p.486).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.486 (orders to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to supersede the distraints levied upon the petitioner and his mother as it is attested by the prince that their service in Scotland was done)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529556/

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