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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl. de Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl John King. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/90/4459
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This record is about the John de Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl. de Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl John King. The... dating from [1305] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/90/4459
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl.
- Name(s)
- de Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The earl shows that when he holds pleas of justice and bigamies . . . the clerks of the bishop of Aberdeen come and demand the bigamies out of the king's court claiming that they pertain to the court christian. They also come and claim clerks accused before him of many trespasses, the clerks being burgesses and sons of burgesses, they not being accused of life and limb or things concerning testaments or matrimony, and they holding lands and tenements of a lay fee.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king wishes that the liberties of the Crown be maintained as they were till he ordains the affairs of Scotland.
- Places mentioned
- Aberdeen, [Aberdeenshire, Scotland].
- People mentioned
- Clerks of the bishop of Aberdeen.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated by Bain to 1305 (Bain, vol. II, no.1682).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition that may accompany this see SC 8/90/4457
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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 273
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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. II, 1272-1307, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1884), no.1682 (full summary of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149004/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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