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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alice, Countess of Menteith. Countess of Menteith Alice King and council. The countess...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/61/3049
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This record is about the Alice, Countess of Menteith. Countess of Menteith Alice King and council. The countess... dating from [1338] 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 8/61/3049
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1338]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice, Countess of Menteith.
- Name(s)
- Countess of Menteith, Alice
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The countess requests that she be paid and served of the money which she is owed so that she can pay her debts to her London creditors and others, and that she have sufficient lands by the king's commandment. In the last parliament at York she was granted 2 marks each week for her sustenance, but a large part of this for sometime remains unpaid. She lives in London and is unable to pay her London creditors.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.2) Let it be ordered to the treasurer and chamberlains that according to the liveries of payment that they have for the petitioner they are to make payment or assignment.
- Places mentioned
- York
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1338 as the treasurer and chamberlains were ordered to pay the arrears and her weekly payment on 15 March 1338 (CCR 1337-9, p.329).
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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 5634
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1337-1339, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.329 (order to the treasurer and chamberlains to pay the arrears of her sustinence and to pay the weekly sum from henceforth)
- Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), p.231 (no.1262) (summary of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106812/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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