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Henry le Chen, Bishop of Aberdeen. Chen Henry King. Balhelvi (Belhelvie), [Aberdeenshire,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/10/455

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This record is about the Henry le Chen, Bishop of Aberdeen. Chen Henry King. Balhelvi (Belhelvie), [Aberdeenshire,... dating from [1296-1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/10/455
Date
[1296-1307]
Description
Petitioners
Henry le Chen, Bishop of Aberdeen.
Name(s)
Chen, Henry
Addressees
King.
Places mentioned
Balhelvi (Belhelvie), [Aberdeenshire, Scotland]
St Ternan [Unidentified], [Aberdeenshire, Scotland], Scotland.
Nature of request
The bishop of Aberdeen states that one of his prebends, the church of Belhelvie, in the time of King Alexander possessed a piece of land called St Ternan, which was leased at farm by the parson to the thane of Belhelvie, and, after the death of the parson, was wrongly appropriated to the thanage of Belhelvie by the king's ministers, and alienated from the church. He requests an inquisition into this, and that, if it is found to be as he says, that the land be restored to the church.
Nature of endorsement
The king's Lieutenant and the Chamberlain of the Exchequer (sic) are to be ordered are to inquire into the tenant's right and the king's right; and when they have done this, they are to inform the king at the next parliament.
Note
Dated to the period of Edward I's direct rule in Scotland. Like the surrounding petitions, it is likely to be towards the end of this period. See also SC 8/10/452, to which it appears to be related.Henry le Chen was Bishop of Aberdeen from 1282-1328.
Related material

For another petition from same petitioner, probably delivered at same time, see SC 8/10/452

For transcript, see p.4 of PRO 31/7/93

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 201
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.471b, no.65 (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060581/

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