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Robert de la Grave, king's clerk. Grave Robert King (later king and council). king's...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/287/14347

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This record is about the Robert de la Grave, king's clerk. Grave Robert King (later king and council). king's... dating from [? c. 1300-? c. 1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/287/14347
Date
[? c. 1300-? c. 1325]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de la Grave, king's clerk.
Name(s)
Grave, Robert
Addressees
King (later king and council).
Occupation
king's clerk
Nature of request
Robert de la Grave, king's clerk, states that he is the executor of Galhard de la Case, king's clerk, who was owed £200 6s. tournois for his wages when he died. He asks the king and council that the Constable of Bordeaux might be ordered to pay him this money, or to give him an assignment on the prevote of Creon, so that he can perform the will of the deceased.
Nature of endorsement
The Seneschal and Constable are to be ordered to inform themselves concerning the contents of the petition, and to inform the king, so that he can do what is reasonable.
Places mentioned
Creon, [Guyenne, France].
People mentioned
Galhard de la Case, king's clerk.
Note
Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and language.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/289/14429

For a transcript, see p.42 of PRO 31/7/130

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735507/

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