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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas de Weston, son and heir of John de Weston. de Weston Thomas King. Weston requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7546
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This record is about the Thomas de Weston, son and heir of John de Weston. de Weston Thomas King. Weston requests... dating from [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 8/151/7546
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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
- Thomas de Weston, son and heir of John de Weston.
- Name(s)
- de Weston, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Weston requests remedy concerning lands that his father bought in Simprin and elsewhere from Graham and Baddeby and of which he was ousted in the war with Bruce as they are now in the king's hand.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning the lands in Simprin and elsewhere, Weston was ousted by the war whereafter it was occupied by various tenants and then was forfeited to the king. Thomas de Weston is son and heir of John de Weston.2) He should have a writ to the sheriff of Berwick to deliver it to the petitioner to hold it as he held it before.
- Places mentioned
- Sempryng (Simprin), [Berwickshire, Scotland]
- Dalcove, [Berwickshire, Scotland]
- Marton (Mertoun), [Berwickshire, Scotland]
- Lovet [unidentified]
- Bonnington [unidentified], [Scotland].
- People mentioned
- John de Weston, late chamberlain of Scotland
- Patrick de Graham
- Alexander de Baddeby
- Robert de Bruys (Bruce).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1334 as the writ ordering the restoration of the land and fishery was issued on the 4 March 1334 (Rot. Scot., vol. I, pp.269b-270a).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a similar petition, see SC 8/151/7539
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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)
- Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), pp.269b-70a (writ to the sheriff of Berwick to deliver the lands to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209732/
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