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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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 Hildeslegh, clerk. de Hildeslegh John King and council. clerk John de Hildeslegh,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/288/14363
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This record is about the John de Hildeslegh, clerk. de Hildeslegh John King and council. clerk John de Hildeslegh,... dating from [? c. 1325] 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 8/288/14363
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Hildeslegh, clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Hildeslegh, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- John de Hildeslegh, clerk, staying in Gascony on the king's business, makes two requests:1) He states that wages of 1 mark a day are ordained for him, and asks that this might be increased to such a sum as will allow him to maintain himself, taking into account the cost of victuals in Gascony.2) He states that he was sent to the court of France on the king's business, and stayed there for 36 days, from 16 August to 14 September (sic), but was paid wages only for 6 days; but afterwards the Chancellor and Treasurer sent a warrant to the Constable of Bordeaux to pay him £10 for the remaining 30 days. He asks that he might be fully paid, and asks that a warrant might be sent to the Constable to pay him his wages and what the king and council ordain by way of increase.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- France.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated to c. 1325 with reference to a mention of wages for the petitioner, going to Aragon on the king's business, on m.3 of C 62/101, dated 20 February 18 Edward II (1325).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a transcript, see p.10 of PRO 31/7/132
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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/C9735524/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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