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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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Ellis de Jonestone. de Jonestone Ellis [Missing] [This petition is fragmentary and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/339/15999
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This record is about the Ellis de Jonestone. de Jonestone Ellis [Missing] [This petition is fragmentary and... dating from [1327-1335] 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 8/339/15999
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Ellis de Jonestone.
- Name(s)
- de Jonestone, Ellis
- Addressees
- [Missing]
- Nature of request
- [This petition is fragmentary and has been treated with gall, so that it is almost illegible.] Ellis de Jonestone makes two requests:1) This petition is largely illegible, but concerns a loan made on his wages, and an account in the wardrobe of the king's father and grandfather.2) This petition also seems to concern wages, but also that he can no longer bear the charges of service at the court of the King [of France] according to the ordinance made for them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- [Edward II], King of England
- [Edward I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand, and the reference to the king's father and grandfather. Jonestone was active as keeper of the processes in the court of France for many years, and a number of petitions survive from him from the early years of Edward III's reign, requesting to be replaced, and he was replaced in 1335.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/117/5850
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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/C9736480/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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