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John Porteioys. Porteioys John King. [Petition in 2 parts:]1) Porteioys states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/328/E886
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/328/E886
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Porteioys.
- Name(s)
- Porteioys, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts:]1) Porteioys states that he has long served the king and his father in the sergeanty of the rolls of Chancery and now his sight and strength fail him so that he cannot work as he was would want, and he requests that the grant to him of the custody of the lands and the heir of Ellis de Rilleston which are two parts of the land that Rilleston held from the honour of Richmond be accomplished as he has had nothing of it.2) He requests allowance for a horse of his, and of the cost of the horse for two years, as the horse carried the rolls of the Chancery in Wales in the time of the war of Llewelyn and elsewhere not in time of war, and it died in the king's service.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.2) Let it be enquired of where the king can reward him, and let it be shown to the king, etc.
- Places mentioned
- Skipton honour, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Wales.
- People mentioned
- Ellis de Rilleston
- Llewelyn [ap Gruffudd].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1295 as the escheator was commanded to award dower to the widow of Ellis de Rilleston on 18 May 1295 (CCR 1288-96, p. 412).
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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)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.526 (full calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1288-1296, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.412 (order to the escheator to assign dower to Ellis de Rilleston's widow)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682881/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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