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Roger Comyn. Comyn Roger King and council. Comyn requests aid from the king for his...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/188

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Reference
SC 8/4/188
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
Roger Comyn.
Name(s)
Comyn, Roger
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Comyn requests aid from the king for his damages and hardships as he has lost his lands and goods in Scotland, and resided in England for 10 years at his own expense. In addition, and has been in royal service with little recompense.
Nature of endorsement
The king has heard this petition, and is to be advised upon it.
Places mentioned
Scotland
Estrivelyn (Stirling), [Stirlingshire, Scotland]
Wetherby, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Boroughbridge, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
York.
People mentioned
[Henry] Percy
Note
The petition dates to 1322 as is noted in the heading in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.387. and because the petition makes reference to the fall of Thomas of Lancaster, so it must be later than 16 March 1322.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1621
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.80 (writ ordering payment to Comyn)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.387-8 (no.4) (full edition of 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. 387-415, no. 4 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060308/

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