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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert of Scarborough, prior of Bridlington. Scarborough Robert King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/8/370
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/8/370
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1325-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert of Scarborough, prior of Bridlington.
- Name(s)
- Scarborough, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- prior of Bridlington
- Nature of request
- The prior states that whereas he and his predecessors have always held the manor of Blubberhouses in free alms, by charters of their feoffors, confirmed by the earl of Cornwall, then lord of Knaresborough castle, and by the present king, John de Wauton, constable of Knaresborough castle and keeper of the honour of Knaresborough distrains the prior for rent: for which he requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Faithful people are to be appointed in Chancery to enquire, in the presence of the constable, into the truth of the contents of the petition, the inquisition is to be returned in Chancery, and, if what it claims is found to be true, justice is further to be done in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Bridlington, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Blubberhouses, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Earl of Cornwall
- John de Wauton, constable of Knaresborough castle and keeper of the honour of Knaresborough.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1324-7, p.106 dates John de Wauton's appointment as constable of Knaresborough castle to March 6 1325. A note on the petition says that Rot. Parl. dates this petition to 1320, but says that it is probably later.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the petitioner's predecessor, see SC 8/8/369
For another petition by the same petitioner or one of his predecessors on the same matter, see SC 8/8/368
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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 574
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.106 (appointment of John de Wauton as constable of Knaresborough castle)
- 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. 416-429, no. 35 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060494/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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