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Laurence Delmham (Elmham), barber to Edward II. Delmham (Elmham) Laurence King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/294/14667
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This record is about the Laurence Delmham (Elmham), barber to Edward II. Delmham (Elmham) Laurence King and... dating from [1330] 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 8/294/14667
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Laurence Delmham (Elmham), barber to Edward II.
- Name(s)
- Delmham (Elmham), Laurence
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- barber to Edward II
- Nature of request
- Laurence Delmham states that he was barber to the king's father for twenty-six years and more, and that the late king gave him, in return for his service, the stewardship of the Forest of Galtres near York, for term of life. He held it until he was expelled, through procurement and without reason, and replaced with a man who had done nothing to serve the king or his father. He asks that he might have his bailiwick back.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition is to be sent before the king, and he is to show his charter there; and when those who are to be called have been called, and the arguments have been heard, justice is to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Galtres forest, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- York.
- People mentioned
- [Edward II], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Edited as belonging to 1330 in Rot. Parl. vol.II p.33b (no.15), and confirmed as belonging to that year by PROME Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.31-51, no.15.CFR 1319-27 p.19 is dated 11 March 1320.CCR 1330-3 p.618 is dated 2 January 1333.
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.618 (provision of maintenance for the petitioner in Deerhurst Abbey)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.19 (instructions to allow the petitioner, to whom the king has committed the stewardship, to receive certain benefits of the office)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.33b (no.15) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.31-51, no.15 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735830/
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