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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Cotes. de Cotes William King and council Cotes states that he served the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2004
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/41/2004
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Cotes.
- Name(s)
- de Cotes, William
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Cotes states that he served the king's grandfather and father in all the Scottish wars, and lost his lands and tenements to his great loss by the Scots. He requests that he be granted to him that he be one of the customers of Boston for the term of his life.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.2) Let this petition be delivered to Richard de Bury to show it to the king to say his will.
- Places mentioned
- Descoce (Scotland)
- Sente Botolf (Boston), [Lincolnshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition presumably dates to the period 1329-1333 when Richard de Bury, who subsequently became Bishop of Durham and chancellor, was keeper of the privy seal.
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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 2097
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062209/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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