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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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Master and Brethren of St Leonard's Hospital in York. King and council. The petitioners...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2841
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/57/2841
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1308]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master and Brethren of St Leonard's Hospital in York.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek recovery of a carucate of land with appurtenances in Liddesdale in Scotland. They state that their predecessors were seised of the same as confirmed by each and every king of Scotland, until the time of William Fenger, when thieves from Scotland entered therein and killed their brothers and men, burned their houses and destroyed everything. Then Lord Soules in his time and others entered therein after the conquest and held the land until John de St John (by the king's verbal command) granted the same to the lady of Wake, Bucecourt and Soules, who entered therein and still hold the same.
- Nature of endorsement
- Make a writ from chancery to the Scottish chancery that they enquire of what title the said lands are held and how they entered into the said lands and by what right and in what manner etc., and upon this certify to the king.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- York
- Liddesdale, [Roxburghshire, Scotland].
- People mentioned
- William Fenger, once Master of St Leonard's Hospital
- John de St John, lately Warden of Scotland
- [Joanne], Lady of Wake
- John Bucecourt
- William de Soules.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Suggested as c. 1308 on the guard on the basis of internal references.
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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 4788
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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/C9063061/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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