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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Cosyn (Cousin), valet of the king. Cosyn (Cousin) John King and council. valet...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/199
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This record is about the John Cosyn (Cousin), valet of the king. Cosyn (Cousin) John King and council. valet... dating from [1321-1322] 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 8/4/199
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1321-1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Cosyn (Cousin), valet of the king.
- Name(s)
- Cosyn (Cousin), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- valet of the king
- Nature of request
- Cosyn shows that he is owed his wages which are due for his service in the garrison of Berwick Castle. He requests that he be paid, or have assigned to him the manor of Holywell, or the manor of Stretton which are in the king's hand, until the sum owed is taken. He also requests that the king should have regard for the profits that Cosyn has lost from his lands in Northumberland after the battle of Stirling.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- The king wishes to receive advice.2) Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Helewelle (Holywell), Lincolnshire
- Stretton, Rutland
- Northumberland
- Destrivelyn (Stirling), [Stirlingshire, Scotland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1321-1322 as is noted in the heading in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.387.
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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 1670
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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.390a-b (no.18) (full edition of petition on parliament roll)
- 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. 18 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060319/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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