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William Byset (Bisset). Byset (Bisset) William King and council. Byset requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/37/1832
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This record is about the William Byset (Bisset). Byset (Bisset) William King and council. Byset requests that... dating from [1308] 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 8/37/1832
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1308]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Byset (Bisset).
- Name(s)
- Byset (Bisset), William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Byset requests that he will not be the loser for his service and that the king will fulfil his father's offer of 200 marks of land which the king has adjourned to Windsor promising to do him justice on his next coming to Scotland which was in the previous August, but nothing happened. He further requests some sustenance as the Scots have occupied all his Scottish lands. He also requests a letter to the chancellor of Scotland to deliver the lands of his brother's wife that are in the keeping of John de Segrave so that she can have seisin as she is of full age.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is to be respited until it is found how much land will content him, and the king will have regard for his great service.Concerning the third petition he should come into Chancery and have a writ to the chancellor of Scotland that he should do full justice according to the custom of that country.
- Places mentioned
- Lanercost, [Cumberland]
- Windsor, [Berkshire]
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- Aimer de Valence, then Keeper of Scotland
- Bishop of Chester (Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield)
- Robert de Eyncurt (Deincourt)
- John de Botetourt (Buteturte)
- John [Byset (Bisset)], brother of the petitioner
- John de Segrave (Seagrave).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/90/4496
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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 1274
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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 Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), 49, p.10 (full translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062034/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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