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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Curtis, Roger Bolton and Henry de Salisbury. Curtis; Bolton; de Salisbury...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/102/5071
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This record is about the William Curtis, Roger Bolton and Henry de Salisbury. Curtis; Bolton; de Salisbury... dating from [c. 1400-c. 1425] 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 8/102/5071
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1400-c. 1425]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Curtis, Roger Bolton and Henry de Salisbury.
- Name(s)
- Curtis; Bolton; de Salisbury, William; Roger; Henry
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners urgently seek their discharge, and the appointment of [new] officers to take over the keeping of the town and castle of Edinburgh for its salvation, as they have no power to continue and the world has been turned upside down in those parts, and trouble rules and the law miscarries. They were officers and ministers of Edinburgh in the time that Henry de Percy was keeper of the aforesaid lordship, and show that since then until now they have been in office in the aforesaid town and castle, to maintain the peace and to govern the people in accordance with their orders under letters of the privy seal and signet, and also by order of John de Stanley, for which orders etc., they have not been paid. Now by various reasons the people of the aforesaid town have suffered great loss of goods and the burning of their houses etc.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- Edinburgh, [Scotland].
- People mentioned
- Henry de Percy
- John de Stanley.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is difficult to date. The hand and form indicate that it dates from the earlier part of the fifteenth century, and the content indicates that it must be after Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland, ceased to be keeper of the eastern march in 1396. A date range in the first quarter of the fifteenth century is suggested.
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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 2019
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149640/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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