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William de Bevercote (Bevercotes), Chancellor of Scotland. de Bevercote (Bevercotes)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/91/4546
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This record is about the William de Bevercote (Bevercotes), Chancellor of Scotland. de Bevercote (Bevercotes)... 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 8/91/4546
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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
- William de Bevercote (Bevercotes), Chancellor of Scotland.
- Name(s)
- de Bevercote (Bevercotes), William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Chancellor of Scotland
- Nature of request
- Bevercote requests that the king will grant him the estate that his predecessors have had, having in the king's name the gift of all hospitals belonging to the king's patronage in Scotland when they are void
- Nature of endorsement
- It is attested that the king confers such hospitals, but nonetheless there is to be an enquiry by the keeper as to what was customary in the time of the kings of Scotland, and the keeper is to make arrangements in accordance with what was customary.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1305 as it comes from the parliament roll for that year, and probably belongs to the autumn parliament (PROME, Roll 12, Introduction).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/2/64
For transcript, see p.23 of PRO 31/7/93
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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 526
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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)
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- Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), p.194 (no.323) (Latin summary and full edition of petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 12, appendix, no. 341 (full edition and translation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149092/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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