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Abbot and convent of Scone. King. The Abbot and convent of Scone make two requests:1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/142/7087
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/142/7087
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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
- Abbot and convent of Scone.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Scone make two requests:1) They state that when the King's ministers took from them, at his command, the wood they had to rebuild their church, in order to repair the bridge at Perth and for other uses, the King promised to give them an allowance for this. They ask that, in allowance for this wood and their other damages, they might have the relief of John de Gleneske, which amounts to 200 marks.2) They also request confirmation of their charters, according to the confirmation of King Alexander.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King wills that they have a writ to the Chamberlain to inquire into how much wood was taken from them for his use, and the Chamberlain is to deliver the same amount to them, and worked up in the same way as the Abbot's wood was. And he is to have it carried to Scone at the King's expense.With regard to the confirmation, they are to go before Roger le Brabanzon and his colleagues with their charters, and the charters are to be examined there. And the King will afterwards ordain his will on the confirmation.With regard to the relief, nothing.
- Places mentioned
- Scone, [Perthshire, Scotland]
- Perth, [Perthshire, Scotland].
- People mentioned
- John de Gleneske (Glenesk)
- Alexander [III], King of Scotland
- Roger le Brabanzon (Brabazon).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Latin summary of this petition is enrolled on a roll of petitions from 1305, probably from the autumn parliament of that year.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.80 of PRO 31/7/95
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- 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. 436-437 (full edition and translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209266/
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