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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Scotland. King and council. Petition in two parts:1) For relief from...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/109/5434
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/109/5434
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Scotland.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Petition in two parts:1) For relief from the customs and tallages that the burgesses of Roxburgh and Berwick are inclined to levy;2) For guarantee of the rights of the towns of Scotland.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Let them pursue the matter before the keeper and chamberlain and show their grievances, and they will do them justice;2) Let them show their grievances before the keeper and chamberlain and they will have justice.
- Places mentioned
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Roxburgh [Roxburghshire, Scotland]
- Scotland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable to 1305 by reference to Memoranda de Parliamento, no. 383.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.68 of PRO 31/7/93
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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 3232
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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)
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- Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), pp.219-20 (no.383) (Latin summary and full edition of petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 12, appendix, nos. 410-412 (full edition and translation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150008/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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