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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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William de Bevercotes, chancellor of Scotland. de Bevercotes William King. Scotland...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/2/64
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This record is about the William de Bevercotes, chancellor of Scotland. de Bevercotes William King. Scotland... dating from [1308-1309] 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 8/2/64
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1308-1309]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Bevercotes, chancellor of Scotland.
- Name(s)
- de Bevercotes, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Nature of request
- Bevercotes requests the gift of all churches under the value of 20 marks which are vacant in the lands which are in the gift of the king as other chancellors of Scotland have had.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is to be granted to the chancellor that he be able to grant benefices which do not exceed the value of £20 per annum, provided that he confers them on clerks who are servants of the king.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1308-9 by the headings from the Hale MS. in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.273, which makes this 'Petitions in Parliament 2 Edw. II'. This dating is seemingly confirmed by PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 273-280, no. 26.
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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 8/34/1660
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 685
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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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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.278a (no. 26) (full edition of a later copy of the 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, Rot. Parl. vol. I, pp. 273-280, no. 26 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060177/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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