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Details of SC 8/106/5278
Reference: SC 8/106/5278
Description:
Petitioners: Nicholas de Derneford, master mason of the king's works of the castle of Beaumaris.
Name(s): de Derneford, Nicholas
Addressees: King.
Occupation: master mason of the king's works
Nature of request: Derneford request payment of arrears of his wages in the office of keeper of the works at Beaumaris, and payment at the original rate promised him of 12d. a day. He was brought to Beaumaris by Master James and ought to have had his pension from [the abbeys of] St Augustine's, Bristol, Burton upon Trent, and the priory of Repton, from which time he has loyally served the king, but his wages are in arrears and have been reduced.
Nature of endorsement: Let him have letters under the king's great seal that he may have from now 12d. a day at the king's will and as long as he shall comport himself well in the aforesaid office.
Places mentioned: Beaumaris, [Anglesey, Wales]; Burton upon Trent, [Staffordshire]; Repton, [Derbyshire]; Bristol.
People mentioned: Master James St George, chief master of the king's works in Wales
Note: Dated by Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, pp. 165-6, as 1316, but this is the date of Derneford's first appointment to keep the works at Beaumaris (CPR 1313-17, p. 457) and since the petition states that wages of some years are in arrears, it is clear that the petition must date from some time after this; Derneford continued in the office for the rest of Edward II's reign, and it is assumed here that the petition was made before Edward III's accession.
Date: [c. 1316-c. 1327]
Related material:

For transcript, see no.7 of PRO 31/7/100
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Parliamentary Petition 2716
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.165-6 (summary of petition and references)

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.27, p.189 (arrears of payment to Derneford)

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.457 (appointment of Derneford as master of works at Beaumaris)

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