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Nicholas de Swyneburn. de Swyneburn Nicholas King and council. Nicholas de Swyneburn...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/87/4337

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Reference
SC 8/87/4337
Date
[? 1320]
Description
Petitioners
Nicholas de Swyneburn.
Name(s)
de Swyneburn, Nicholas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Nicholas de Swyneburn complains that his lands and tenements have been burnt and destroyed by the Scots, and he has been captured, wounded, put to ransom, and suffered exceedingly at their hands. He requests a place in the King's household or in some abbey in London or nearby.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.Advice is to be taken as to the place, and the King will be advised on this.
Places mentioned
Scotland
London
Staward, [Northumberland]
Scottish March.
People mentioned
[Isabella of France], Queen of England
[Elizabeth de Bohun], Countess of Hereford
[William de] Herlaston.
Note
A note at the start of this file, dated 3 May 1932, states that 'The petitions in this file are copied in R. C. Transcripts I. 156, and appear to form part of an original file of petitions to the parliament of Michaelmas 1320. Cf. Parl. Proc. (Chancery) 5/4'. C 49/5/4 is merely a label, 'The petitions of William de Herlaston from the King's parliament held at Westminster at the octave of Michaelmas in his fourteenth year, which were answered by the auditors of petitions, delivered into Chancery to be expedited': nevertheless, this petition is tentatively dated to 1320, as many of those in the file that can be dated seem to come from that year. Northumberland Petitions pp.159-60 (no. 133) mentions the presentatition of the petitioner to the church of St John's, Perth, on 20 July 1319 (CPR 1317-21 p.382): which might explain his request for some provision to be made to him close to London.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7416
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.159-60 (no.133) (full edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148879/

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