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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Scotland. King and council. The people of Scotland request a general writ...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/143/7112
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This record is about the People of Scotland. King and council. The people of Scotland request a general writ... dating from [1352] 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 8/143/7112
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1352]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Scotland.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Scotland request a general writ to the Chamberlain of Berwick upon Tweed to maintain and govern them in the laws which were in use in the time of King Alexander, as the conditions made at Roxburgh by the Earl of Angus and the lords Percy and Neville demand.
- Nature of endorsement
- Their conditions and agreements are to be upheld in all points; and thereupon they are to have as many and such writs granted to them as they need.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Roxburgh, [Roxburghshire, Scotland].
- People mentioned
- Alexander [III], King of Scotland
- [Thomas Stewart], Earl of Angus
- [Henry de Percy], Lord Percy
- [Ralph de Neville], Lord Neville.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The resultant writ to Percy and Neville was issued on 27 January 1352, suggesting the petition was presented to the Parliament of January 1352.
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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)
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- Facsimiles of National Manuscripts of Scotland, vol. II, ed. H. James, (English Historical Review, XXXVIII, pp. , 1870), no.VII (facsimile, edition and translation of petition)
- Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), p.747 (resultant writ to Percy and Neville)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209292/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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