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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Bowes of Richmondshire Bowes William King and council Bowes shows that after...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/35/1732
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This record is about the William Bowes of Richmondshire Bowes William King and council Bowes shows that after... dating from [c. 1328] 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 8/35/1732
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Bowes of Richmondshire
- Name(s)
- Bowes, William
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Bowes shows that after the departure of the king and his host from Stanhope Park the Scots came to Richmondshire which they intended to raid until the community of Richmondshire made a fine with Douglas to be paid within three weeks, and to guarantee the payment gave hostages, including Bowes and others, and they remained hostages for a year and more, and they were forced to sell their goods, chattels, lands and tenements for their deliverance because the commons of Richmondshire did not pay the fine to the hostages' great impoverishment. They request that the king and council ordain a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be ordered before the justices assigned to hold the pleas of the king, and order to them that they hear the complaint of the parties and call before them those who are to be called, and hear their reasons, and do justice to the parties on the contents in this petition.
- Places mentioned
- Stanhope, [County Durham]
- Richmondshire, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- People mentioned
- Community of Richmondshire
- James Douglas
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition refers to the king's presence at the military engagement against the Scots at Stanhope Park in County Durham in August 1327. The petition refers to a Scottish raid that followed the king's departure, and to Bowes remaining as a hostage for a year or more. This would take the petition to the end of 1328 or thereafter.
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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 395
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), pp.216-7 (summonses to parliament in the aftermath of the king's expedition to Stanhope Park referring to an imminent Scottish attack)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061931/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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