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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Reginald Russel Russel Reginald King. Reginald Russel asks for the king's grace,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/69/3425
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This record is about the Reginald Russel Russel Reginald King. Reginald Russel asks for the king's grace,... dating from [c. 1302] 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 8/69/3425
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1302]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Reginald Russel
- Name(s)
- Russel, Reginald
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Reginald Russel asks for the king's grace, that he might be able to pay the debts he owes the King in instalments, as he was promised that the passage of his soldiers from Ireland to Scotland and back would be paid, and he has been greatly underpaid for the return journey.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to account in the Exchequer, and the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer are to inform the King of the amount of his debt, and the King will take counsel. And in the meantime, the distraints etc. are to be halted.
- Places mentioned
- Dublin, [Ireland]
- Ireland
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- Roger de Inkepenne, Justiciar of Ireland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to c. 1301 by 'Irish Ancient Petitions' p.23. Cal. Docs Ireland vol. III nos.788 (instructions to the Justiciar, Treasurer and others to treat with the magnates and commons of Ireland about coming with horses and arms to the aid of the king's war in Scotland, dated 28 March 1301) & 849 (a grant of power to pardon debts in exchange for service in Scotland, dated December 1301), may well be relevant.
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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 6862
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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)
- Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.23 (brief calendar)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107196/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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