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Luke de Barry, formerly servant (valet) of Edward I's household. de Barry Luke King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/95/4730

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Reference
SC 8/95/4730
Date
[1314-1327]
Description
Petitioners
Luke de Barry, formerly servant (valet) of Edward I's household.
Name(s)
de Barry, Luke
Addressees
King.
Occupation
servant (valet) of Edward I's household
Nature of request
Luke de Barry states that he has served both the King and his father for a long time in Scotland, and put to ransom twice by the Scots in Edward I's reign, and once in Edward II's, after the battle of Stirling [Bannockburn]; and that because of these ransoms and hardships has sold and leased his lands and tenements. He requests some recompense for his service.
Nature of endorsement
Coram domino rege.He is to sue before the Steward, Keeper of the Wardrobe and King's confessor, and they are to inform themselves about his service and inform the King.
Places mentioned
Lochmaben, [Dumfriesshire, Scotland]
Dumfries, [Dumfriesshire, Scotland]
Linlithgow, [West Lothian, Scotland]
Douglas, [Lanarkshire, Scotland]
Stirling, [Stirlingshire, Scotland].
People mentioned
Edward [I], King of England
John de Seint Johan (St John)
John de Castre
Robert de Clifford
Robert [I] de Brus (Bruce), [King of Scotland]
James de Douveglas (Douglas).
Note
This petition must date from between the battle of Bannockburn in 1314 and Edward II's death in 1327. It probably dates from c. 1324, like many of the other petitions in this file (although at least one, SC 8/95/4733, can definitely be dated to 1322). Bain dates it to 1314-1319, although the French endorsement would suggest a later date than that.
Related material

For transcript, see no.24 of PRO 31/7/99

For a similar petition with a similar endorsement, see SC 8/95/4717

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 901
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), no.682 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149281/

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