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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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Geoffrey de Fransham, merchant of Berwick de Fransham Geoffrey King and council merchant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/46/2299
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This record is about the Geoffrey de Fransham, merchant of Berwick de Fransham Geoffrey King and council merchant... dating from [c. 1335] 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 8/46/2299
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Geoffrey de Fransham, merchant of Berwick
- Name(s)
- de Fransham, Geoffrey
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- merchant of Berwick
- Nature of request
- Geoffrey de Fransham, merchant of Berwick, who has served the king in his war in Berwick, requests a messuage there to hold at farm.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have it for term of two years, paying 60 s. annually.
- Places mentioned
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Rot. Scot., vol. I p.382 is dated 12 October 1335, but the grant is for ten years not two, so it may not be a direct response to this petition. However, it must date from around the same time. Simon to check.
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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 3473
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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)
- Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), p.382 (grant of messuage to petitioner for 10 years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062509/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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