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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of the Realm. King and Council. The petitioners ask that, as Mercer and many...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/102/5090
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This record is about the Commons of the Realm. King and Council. The petitioners ask that, as Mercer and many... dating from [c. 1377] 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 8/102/5090
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of the Realm.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask that, as Mercer and many other Scots were taken and arrested, they should not be released until the Musgraves and others are released, who are imprisoned in Dunbar Castle by the earl of Dunbar of Scotland.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Edinburgh, [Scotland]
- Dunbar, [East Lothian, Scotland]
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- John Mercer of Edinburgh
- Thomas de Musgrave
- Thomas de Musgrave, the son
- Thomas de Blenkinsop
- Peter de R[R...]
- William de Strickland
- Roger de Scirwyth
- [George Dunbar,], Earl of Dunbar.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.25 of PRO 31/7/110
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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 2057
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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 Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.20 (arrangements for the custody of Mercer and associated Scottish prisoners by the earl of Northumberland) & p.39 (similar arrangements)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149660/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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