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Anfuls (Alphonse, Alfonso) Despaigne (Spain). Despaigne (Spain) Anfuls (Alphonse,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/282/14071

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This record is about the Anfuls (Alphonse, Alfonso) Despaigne (Spain). Despaigne (Spain) Anfuls (Alphonse,... dating from [? c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/282/14071
Date
[? c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Anfuls (Alphonse, Alfonso) Despaigne (Spain).
Name(s)
Despaigne (Spain), Anfuls (Alphonse, Alfonso)
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Anfuls Despaigne states that he served the late king in his wardrobe, and was wounded in his service in Scotland, at Melrose Abbey, and captured at Rievaulx with the wardrobe. He asks that he might be given the livery that the king's grandfather gave John le Fuler in Tywardreath Priory in Cornwall.
Nature of endorsement
It is to be shown to the king who will speak his will on it.
Places mentioned
Melrose Abbey, [Roxburghshire], Scotland
Rivaus (Rievaulx), [North Riding of Yorkshire]
Tywardreath Priory, Cornwall.
People mentioned
[Edward II], King of England
John le Fuler
Edward [I], King of England.
Note
This petition must be from the reign of Edward III, as it mentions the petitioner's service in Scotland in the reign of the King's father, at the time of the Melrose Abbey affair (1316), and the livery given by King Edward, the king's grandfather. Like many other petitions in this file, it is probably from the early years of the reign.
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/C9682182/

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