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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
Item
Robert de Pontefract. de Pontefract Robert King. Petition concerning the restoration...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/134/6692
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This record is about the Robert de Pontefract. de Pontefract Robert King. Petition concerning the restoration... dating from [1333-1334] 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 8/134/6692
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1333-1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Pontefract.
- Name(s)
- de Pontefract, Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Petition concerning the restoration of land formerly belonging to the petitioner's father but now seized by the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Long and faded note of process, giving details of the descent of this property.]
- Places mentioned
- Bonnington [unidentified], [Scotland]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- John de Pontefract, father of the petitioner
- Adam de Glaston
- Alexander III, King of Scotland
- Robert de Bruys (Brus, Bruce)
- Nicholas Moises
- Thomas Giffard
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable by reference to Rot. Scot., vol. I, pp. 268-9. Clearly one of the numerous petitions from individuals seeking the restoration of property in Berwick following the town's capture by Edward III.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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/C9208874/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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