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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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This record is about the Richard Tempest. Tempest Richard King and council. Richard Tempest states that he... dating from [c. 1367] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/76/3792
Date
[c. 1367]
Description
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).
Note
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.
Related material

Another petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/75/3724

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8001
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107566/

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