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Thomas Wake of Liddel. Wake Thomas King. Liddel, [Cumberland] Santiago de Compostela,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/310/15462
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This record is about the Thomas Wake of Liddel. Wake Thomas King. Liddel, [Cumberland] Santiago de Compostela,... dating from [c. 1335] 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 8/310/15462
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Wake of Liddel.
- Name(s)
- Wake, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Places mentioned
- Liddel, [Cumberland]
- Santiago de Compostela, [Spain].
- Nature of request
- The petitioner makes two requests. 1) He requests that all debts owed by him at the Exchequer, from his own time and that of his ancestors, be cancelled, or that he be allowed to repay them at 40 marks per year, in consideration of his great costs and troubles in the king's wars. 2) He requests the king's licence to travel on pilgrimage to Santiago, and letters of protection until the following Easter.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petitioner was granted respite of his debts on 8 July 1335 until Martinmas next, and again on 24 October 1335 until the quindene of Easter next (CCR 1333-7, pp.504-5, 531). On 14 July he also received letters of protection until All Saints day next (1 November 1335) (CPR 1334-8, p.155). These do not match the precise terms of these requests, but were almost certainly part of the same process.
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Europe and Russia
- Debt
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.504-5 & p.531 (grants of respite of debt to the petitioner)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.155 (letters of protection to the petitioner and others)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682472/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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