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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Fryer Fryer Richard The King of England and Scotland and his council. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/48/2352
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/48/2352
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1296]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Fryer
- Name(s)
- Fryer, Richard
- Addressees
- The King of England and Scotland and his council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner states that he was appointed sheriff of Berwick by John Balliol, King of Scotland, and in the course of his duties guarding Berwick and other places incurred costs of £16 15s 3d. He requests payment of this sum by Sir Hugh de Cressingham. Similarly, the petitioner requests other costs incurred in guarding Berwick Castle and in other duties be paid to him. He asks the king to despatch a writ to Cressingham ordering the same.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Berwyck (Berwick-upon-Tweed), [Northumberland]
- People mentioned
- John Baulalue (Balliol), King of Scotland
- Hugh de Cressingham, knight, the king's treasurer in Scotland
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Sir Hugh de Cressingham was killed at the battle of Stirling Bridge in September 1297. John Balliol resigned the crown of Scotland in July 1296.
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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 3500
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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/C9062563/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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