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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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Roger Spring, chaplain of the king. Spring Roger King. Spring requests that the chamberlain...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/72/3567
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/72/3567
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1314]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger Spring, chaplain of the king.
- Name(s)
- Spring, Roger
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Spring requests that the chamberlain is commanded that he is able to have sustenance so that he can reside in Berwick since he continues to sing for the king's father as he was instructed to do in the chapel at Roxburgh until it was lost.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is ordered to John de Weston, chamberlain of Scotland that he pay to the petitioner 20s. for his expenses coming to the king, and it is ordered to Weston that he should come to the king without delay.
- Places mentioned
- Roxburgh, [Roxburghshire, Scotland]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- John de Weston, Chamberlain of Scotland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1314 as it cannot be too long after the fall of Roxburgh, which fell to the Scots in early 1313.
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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 7246
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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/C9107341/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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