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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Peter de Witingham. de Witingham Peter King and council. Peter de Witingham states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/148/7382
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This record is about the Peter de Witingham. de Witingham Peter King and council. Peter de Witingham states... dating from [c. 1296-c. 1307] 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 8/148/7382
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1296-c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Peter de Witingham.
- Name(s)
- de Witingham, Peter
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Peter de Witingham states that his ship, sailing in the Forth between the Isle of May and Dunbar last Pentecost, was captured by John de Enefeld's people, who took it to Berwick where they took the goods in it to John's house, sold the ship, and imprisoned the crew. Peter had to buy the ship back, but he has never recovered any of the goods. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- To the second [this petition is clearly the second of two, formerly on one piece of parchment]: Coram rege.The Keeper and Chamberlain of Scotland are to be written to that, when they have called the parties before them and heard the arguments on both sides, they are to do justice if it can be done without consulting the King; and if not, the King is to be informed of this. And they are to inquire if the said goods are forfeit to the King or not, and into whose hands they have come.
- Places mentioned
- Firth of Forth
- Isle of May, [Fife, Scotland]
- Dunbar, [East Lothian, Scotland]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- William de Arewell, ship's master
- John de Enefeld.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the hand and the context, this petition would seem to be from the reign of Edward I, from some point during the Anglo-Scottish wars of the 1290s and 1300s.
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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/C9209567/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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