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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/4/188
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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.
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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 1621
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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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- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060308/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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