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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. John King. Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl The earl...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/90/4461
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This record is about the John de Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl. John King. Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl The earl... dating from [1304] 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 8/90/4461
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1304]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl.
- Name(s)
- John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl
- Nature of request
- The earl requests that Aboyne Castle is not delivered to Comyn until he is better advised as Comyn already has powerful castles there, and Lachlan and his friends can raise galleys of 20 oars.
- Nature of endorsement
- The castle should remain etc. until the king ordains otherwise because the king considers that the castle is sufficient for Comyn.
- Places mentioned
- Aboyne Castle, [Aberdeenshire, Scotland]
- Urquhart Castle, [Inverness-shire, Scotland]
- Tarradale [Ross-shire, Scotland]
- Aberdeen Castle, [Aberdeenshire, Scotland].
- People mentioned
- Alexander Comyn
- Earl of Ross
- Bishop of Ross
- Lachlan (Gillespie MacLachlan).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1304 by Bain, and the earl of Atholl was executed in 1306 (Bain, vol. II, no.1633).
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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 275
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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.1633 (full summary of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149006/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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