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William Servat. Servat William King and council. Servat requests that he can be paid...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/324/E628

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This record is about the William Servat. Servat William King and council. Servat requests that he can be paid... dating from [c. 1315] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/324/E628
Date
[c. 1315]
Description
Petitioners
William Servat.
Name(s)
Servat, William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Servat requests that he can be paid for the debt owed to him in Gascony in accordance with the request made by the earl of Lancaster, as although he was assigned payment the treasurer will not allow part of it and has ousted him from the customs of Ipswich.
Nature of endorsement
Coram magno consilio.
Places mentioned
Marmande, [Guyenne, France]
Southampton, [Hampshire]
Ipswich, [Suffolk]
Chichester, [Sussex].
People mentioned
Earl of Lancaster.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1315 on the basis of a grant in the patent rolls that seems to be closely related to the petition, though very likely not being the response to the petition (CPR 1313-17, p. 305).
Related material

For another petition by Servat, see SC 8/318/E327

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.305 (grant of the first customs out of several ports (not including Ipswich) to the petitioner to satisfy the debt)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682618/

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