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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 Vilers, late sergeant of King Edward, the king's father. de Vilers John King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E794
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This record is about the John de Vilers, late sergeant of King Edward, the king's father. de Vilers John King... dating from [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 8/327/E794
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Vilers, late sergeant of King Edward, the king's father.
- Name(s)
- de Vilers, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- sergeant of King Edward
- Nature of request
- Vilers requests remedy as he was ordered by the king to fight in Scotland in the company of Bretaigne, and having no horse he put himself on the statute at London for a horse of £20 which horse he lost in Scotland in the king's service, and, after his return to London he was attached by the statute, and because he has no goods to pay for the horse, has been two years in prison.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- London.
- People mentioned
- John de Bretaigne.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1307 because the petition refers to his former office under the late king, and seems to refer to service early in the reign of Edward II in Scotland.
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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/C9682789/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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