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John de Stryvelyn (Stirling), keeper of Edinburgh Castle and sheriff of Lothian....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/108/5386

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This record is about the John de Stryvelyn (Stirling), keeper of Edinburgh Castle and sheriff of Lothian.... dating from [c. 1335] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/108/5386
Date
[c. 1335]
Description
Petitioners
John de Stryvelyn (Stirling), keeper of Edinburgh Castle and sheriff of Lothian.
Name(s)
de Stryvelyn (Stirling), John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
keeper of Edinburgh Castle and sheriff of Lothian
Nature of request
Stryvelyn requests the king's assistance in reference to his accounts before the chancellor of Scotland for various expenditures undertaken in support of the king's wars.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Edinburgh, [Scotland]
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
Perth, [Perthshire, Scotland].
People mentioned
Thomas Burgh, chancellor of Scotland.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1335: see Bain, Calendar of Documents Scotland, vol. III, no. 1194.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2951
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.1194 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149958/

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