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Ralph de Mehermer. de Mehermer Ralph King. Ralph de Mehermer asks the king to attest...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/86/4285

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This record is about the Ralph de Mehermer. de Mehermer Ralph King. Ralph de Mehermer asks the king to attest... dating from [1318] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/86/4285
Date
[1318]
Description
Petitioners
Ralph de Mehermer.
Name(s)
de Mehermer, Ralph
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Ralph de Mehermer asks the king to attest his presence in the war in Scotland in the fourth year of his reign, so that he might be able to have the scutage belonging to him from his tenants, as he has granted to the other lords of his land who were with him in that war.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be done (fiat).
Places mentioned
Scotland.
Note
Firmly datable by reference to CCW 1244-1326, p. 495.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5835
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.495 (warrant to the Chancellor, attesting the petitioner's presence in the war, and ordering that he be given a writ to levy scutage)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148827/

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