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Richard Tempest. Tempest Richard King and council. Richard Tempest states that he...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/76/3792
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/76/3792
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1367]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Tempest.
- Name(s)
- Tempest, Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Richard Tempest states that he was given the keeping of two hostages for David de Bruys of Scotland, Robert de Danyelston and Robert Steward, one for five years and one for ten, and has received no payment for the expenses he incurred for their upkeep. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- David [II] de Bruys (Brus, Bruce), [King of Scotland]
- Robert de Danyelston, Robert Steward (Stewart, Stuart).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Bain, vol.III p.434 is dated 3 October 1357, and the reference to five and ten years' custody of the hostages would seem to suggest a date of around 1367 for this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Another petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/75/3724
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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 8001
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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)
- Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), p.434 (memorandum concerning the delivery of hostages for King David's ransom)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107566/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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