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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alan de Langton. de Langton Alan King and council. The petitioner asks that an inquest...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/56/2798
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This record is about the Alan de Langton. de Langton Alan King and council. The petitioner asks that an inquest... dating from [c. 1310-c. 1318] 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 8/56/2798
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1310-c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alan de Langton.
- Name(s)
- de Langton, Alan
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner asks that an inquest taken by the Scottish chancellor and returned into chancery should be inspected and justice done to him in accordance thereof. He shows that he has sued three years and more for his petition before the council for right and reason concerning a messuage in Berwick from which he was ousted by the king, by the suggestion of Glashaum contrary to the terms of his charter from the king's father. Under the said petition it was ordered by writ to the Scottish chancellor to enquire into his right and this was done and returned into chancery and brought before the council.
- Nature of endorsement
- The petitioner is to come into chancery himself or through his attorney and the chancellor will make justice. Let him have a writ in chancery of venire facias to [summon] the said Robert into chancery on the octave of St John the Baptist. And another writ from the petitioner's attorney.
- Places mentioned
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Edward II, King of England
- Robert de Glashaum.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard by reference to the to fall of Berwick in the time of Edward II (1318).
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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 4817
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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/C9063016/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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