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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mary Comyn, widow of Edmund Comyn. Comyn Mary King and council Comyn states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1977
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/40/1977
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mary Comyn, widow of Edmund Comyn.
- Name(s)
- Comyn, Mary
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Comyn states that her husband died at Stirling, and afterwards she has had so much hardship in England that she went to Scotland with Edward II's consent. And because she resided amongst the king's enemies, the lands and tenements assigned to her were seized into his hand. She has returned to England by the king's letters patent and requests that because she was unable to have anything of her Scottish lands because she and her husband were of the faith of England, that she is able to have her lands in England.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the letters of agreement that she had to go into Scotland and to come back into England be viewed in Chancery, and the chancellor call Beche and hear his arguments and do justice to Comyn and grace if grace is able to be made.
- Places mentioned
- Estryvelyn (Stirling), [Stirlingshire, Scotland].
- People mentioned
- Edmund Comyn, late husband of the petitioner
- William de la Beche.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated to 1327 when Comyn had a safe-conduct to return into England (CPR 1327-30, p.40).
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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 1318
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.40 (safe-conduct for Comyn to return to England)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062181/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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