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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Cestre (Chester), son of Henry de Chester. de Cestre (Chester) John King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/324/E602
What’s it about?
This record is about the John de Cestre (Chester), son of Henry de Chester. de Cestre (Chester) John King... dating from [c. 1318-c. 1319] 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 8/324/E602
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1318-c. 1319]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Cestre (Chester), son of Henry de Chester.
- Name(s)
- de Cestre (Chester), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Cestre requests that the king will grant him the office of the Maltolt of London and the palace of Westminster, or that he be clerk of the Exchange of the Tower of London for his service to the king and his father in their wars of Scotland, Flanders, and the siege of Berwick, as he has sold all his lands and tenements and other goods in their service.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Flanders
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- London
- Westminster
- Tower of London, [London].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1318-c. 1319 as it is clearly after the siege of Berwick in 1318, and must be a near contemporary of SC 8/319/E376.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/319/E376
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682591/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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