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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Burgh. de Burgh William King. William de Burgh states that the king has...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/295/14737
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/295/14737
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1400]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Burgh.
- Name(s)
- de Burgh, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- William de Burgh states that the king has granted him by his letters patent an annuity of £16 21d. to be received from the hands of the Sheriff of Leicestershire at Michaelmas and Easter in equal portions, and a further annuity of £20 from the Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire for him and his wife, to replace a grant from Richard II. He asks that the sheriffs might have an allowance at the Exchequer for these sums, and that the Chancellor might be ordered to send them the necessary writs.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] The king has granted the whole bill.The Earl of Somerset.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Leicestershire
- Warwickshire.
- People mentioned
- Marjory [de Burgh], wife of William de Burgh
- Richard II, King of England
- [John Beaufort], Earl of Somerset.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1399-1401 p.337 is dated 22 September 1400. This petition seems likely to date from shortly after this date.
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.337 (grant to the petitioner of these annuities)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735903/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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