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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Duncan Makedowell (MacDowell). Makedowell (MacDowell) Duncan King and council Makedowell...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/63/3129
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This record is about the Duncan Makedowell (MacDowell). Makedowell (MacDowell) Duncan King and council Makedowell... dating from [1328-1333] 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 8/63/3129
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1328-1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Duncan Makedowell (MacDowell).
- Name(s)
- Makedowell (MacDowell), Duncan
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Makedowell requests that he may take £20 from the £80 of the fee . . . until he is provided for elsewhere as he has nothing to live on. His father lost all his lands because of his allegiance to the king's father and grandfather.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.2) Let this petition be delivered to Richard de Bury so that he can show it to the king, and he should have a day at his will.
- People mentioned
- Dougal Makedowell (Macdowell), father of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition probably dates to c. 1328 as the petitioner's father was certainly dead by then (CCR 1327-30, pp.73, 248); the reference to Richard Bury indicates a date between 1328 and 1333, when Bury was elevated to the bishopric of Durham.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the petitioner's father or uncle, see SC 8/86/4277
For another petition endorsed as this one is, see SC 8/45/2234
For another petition endorsed as this see SC 8/39/1941
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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 5681
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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/C9106892/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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