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Richard de Byflet (Byfleet). de Byflet (Byfleet) Richard King and council. Byflet...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15524

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This record is about the Richard de Byflet (Byfleet). de Byflet (Byfleet) Richard King and council. Byflet... dating from [1327-1377] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/311/15524
Date
[1327-1377]
Description
Petitioners
Richard de Byflet (Byfleet).
Name(s)
de Byflet (Byfleet), Richard
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Byflet requests remedy because he has been removed from the keeping of the pesage of Southampton with the tron which the King's father had granted him for life.
Nature of endorsement
Because it was agreed, if it pleases the King, that the great estate to be received from the wool etc. should be kept as it was in the time of the King's grandfather, and that if a commission is made to the contrary it should be recalled, the pesage or other thing touching the wool should remain until it is ordained.
Places mentioned
Southampton, [Hampshire].
Note
The petition dates to the reign of Edward III, since it refers to the King's father and grandfather as being kings.
Related material

For related letters patent see SC 8/311/15525

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/C9682534/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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