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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William du Lee, son of Henry du Lee. Lee William King. Lee requests that the treasurer...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/325/E706
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This record is about the William du Lee, son of Henry du Lee. Lee William King. Lee requests that the treasurer... dating from [? c. 1289-c. 1307] 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 8/325/E706
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1289-c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William du Lee, son of Henry du Lee.
- Name(s)
- Lee, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Lee requests that the treasurer of the Exchequer be commanded that in the sum demanded from the petitioner from the time he was sheriff he make allowance of several expenses in that:1) Taking carpenters, ditchers, and reapers to Rhuddlan in the first Welsh war;2) Taking foot soldiers to Chester by the command of the earl of Warwick; taking pales, posts and planks from the woods of Cuerdley and Garswood by water as far as Liverpool;3) For the escape of 4 prisoners;4) For the chattels of Dunnyng which Henry du Lee was charged of and which were granted to Seagrave by writ of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be heard before the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer, and let justice be done, etc.
- Places mentioned
- Rhuddlan, [Flintshire, Wales]
- Chester, [Cheshire]
- Kenerdeley (Cuerdley), [Lancashire]
- Liverpool, [Lancashire]
- Garteswode (Garswood), [Lancashire]
- Lancaster, [Lancashire]
- Claughton, [Lancashire].
- People mentioned
- Henry du Lee, late sheriff of Lancaster
- [William Beauchamp], Earl of Warwick
- Richard de Furneys (Furness)
- Adam de Rudeshawe
- William [Elyn], son of Howell Elyn
- Hulle (Howell) Elyn
- Hamund (Hammond) de Byllyngburgh
- Thomas Dunnyng, son of Adam le Clerk of Claughton
- Annabel [de Seagrave], wife of Thomas de Seagrave.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition presents some problems in dating as in the List of Sheriffs (p. 72) the late father of the petitioner is noted as serving as sheriff of Lancashire until Michaelmas 1291. However, three references in the fine rolls also record that a Henry de Lee with a son called William was dead by 1288, and the son had livery in 1289. If the fine roll references are right, it is possible that the List of Sheriffs is not entirely accurate in this instance. If the List of Sheriffs is correct and the fine rolls refer to different individuals then the petition can be dated to c. 1291-c. 1307 as the petition would be clearly after the end of Henry de Lee's term as sheriff which ended in 1291, and would have to allow a little after this for Henry de Lee's death. A dating of? c. 1289-c. 1307 has been adopted.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. I, Edw I, 1272-1307, (Public Record Office, 1911), pp.246, 255, 266 (two orders to the escheator to take the lands late of Henry du Lee into the king's hand, and a further order to deliver his father's lands to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682700/
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