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Robert Gray Gray Robert King Gray seeks the restoration of property in Berwickshire.1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/115/5714A
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/115/5714A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Gray
- Name(s)
- Gray, Robert
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- Gray seeks the restoration of property in Berwickshire.1) His father held a mill at Lauder and other tenements in Hydegate in Berwick in the time of King Alexander, but was ousted during the wars. This property is now in the king's hands.2) He also held a third part of Simprim, as the heir of William de Fenton, which he lost at the same time.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Regarding the mill at Lauder and the tenements in Berwick, they say that Robert de Gray senior had three sons, namely John, Robert and Thomas, and that he granted this property to his son Robert, who held it until he was ousted in the war by Andrew Gray, whose heirs were dispossessed by his forfeiture. The property is in the King's hands and has not been regranted.2) Regarding the land at Simprim they say that William de Fenton was seised in the time of King Alexander, and granted it to Geoffrey de Caldecotes and his heirs, who held it until they were dispossessed by the war of Edward I. William de Fenton re-entered it and enfeoffed Robert Gray, who was seised until he was removed by the war of Robert Bruce. William de Fenton re-entered it for the third time, and Robert de Caldecotes, son and heir of Geoffrey, recovered it against the said William by assize of morte d'ancestor, and was seised until he went into Scotland [...].[Further responses on SC 8/115/5714B]
- Places mentioned
- Lowedre (Lauder), [Berwickshire, Scotland]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Hydegate in Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Simprim, [Berwickshire, Scotland].
- People mentioned
- Robert Gray, father of the petitioner
- Alexander [III], King of Scotland
- Robert Bruce
- William de Fenton.
- John [Gray], son of Robert Gray, senior
- Thomas [Gray], son of Robert Gray, senior
- Andrew Gray
- [Edward I], King of England
- Geoffrey de Caldecotes
- Robert de Caldecotes, son of Geoffrey Caldecotes.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The resultant order to the sheriff of Berwick mentioned in the continuation of this response (SC 8/115/5714B) was issued on 4 March 1334.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a similar petition see SC 8/115/5735
For the continuation of the response to this petition see SC 8/115/5714B
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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 3920
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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)
- Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), p.268 (restoration to Robert Gray of a moiety of the mill at Lauder and property in Hidegate in Berwick)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150387/
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