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Robert de Brus (Bruce), Earl of Carrick. de Brus (Bruce), Earl of Carrick Robert...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4654

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This record is about the Robert de Brus (Bruce), Earl of Carrick. de Brus (Bruce), Earl of Carrick Robert... dating from [1305] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/94/4654
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Brus (Bruce), Earl of Carrick.
Name(s)
de Brus (Bruce), Earl of Carrick, Robert
Addressees
[King].
Nature of request
The earl requests that the chamberlain be ordered to make account with him and make allowance for his costs in the keeping of the castle and bailiwick of . . .1)
Nature of endorsement
The king wishes that he accounts before the chamberlain of Scotland and that he should make satisfaction to him for the issues of Scotland.2) Scotland.
Places mentioned
[Ayr] Castle, [Ayrshire, Scotland]
Scotland.
Note
The petition is dated to 1305 on the basis of the date ascribed by Bain (Bain, vol. II, no.1657), and this is confirmed by a warrant for payment of the 1 April 1305 (E 101/10/20).
Related material

For the other part of this petition from which this was subsequently cut see SC 8/94/4653

For warrant to pay Brus for the sums that he had not been satisfied for his custody of Ayr castle, and Ayrshire and Lanarkshire see E 101/10/20

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 770
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. I, 1108-1272, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1881), no.1657 (full summary of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149205/

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