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William, earl of Ross. earl of Ross William King The earl shows that he waged war...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/3/121

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Reference
SC 8/3/121
Date
[c. 1297]
Description
Petitioners
William, earl of Ross.
Name(s)
earl of Ross, William
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The earl shows that he waged war on the chieftains of the outer isles of Scotland on behalf of John, king of Scotland, for which the king gave him Dingwall and Ferintosh for a farm that was barely less than in the time of King Alexander. He requests that he is not the loser for these lands, as he did not have them by the king's gift, and not for making war against the present king.1)
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.2) It is to be enquired by king's lieutenant and the chamberlain of Scotland of the value of the land, and of the other circumstances concerning this business, and to inform the king at the next parliament.
Places mentioned
Outer Isles of Scotland
Dinggevaal (Dingwall), [Ross, Scotland]
Ferincostri (Ferintosh), [Scotland]
People mentioned
John [Balliol], King of Scotland
Llewelyn, chieftain of the outer Isles of Scotland.
Note
William, earl of Ross was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1297, so it is possible that this petition was made in his time in England (CPR 1292-1301, p.307).
Related material

For transcript, see p.121 of PRO 31/7/93

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7023
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. II, 1272-1307, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1884), pp.434-5 (calendar of 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), roll 12, appendix, no. 451 (full edition and translation)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060239/

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