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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
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John de Weston. de Weston John King. Scotland. [Petition in 2 parts, though the second...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/152/7551
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This record is about the John de Weston. de Weston John King. Scotland. [Petition in 2 parts, though the second... dating from [c. 1314] 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 8/152/7551
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1314]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Weston.
- Name(s)
- de Weston, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts, though the second petition is too fragmentary to recover the sense]. 1) Weston requests that some maintenance be ordained for him and his wife and children as he has been in the service of the king's father for many years and has lost all his Scottish lands. 2) [Fragmentary].
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning the first . . . coram domino rege . . .
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1314 as it refers to the service to the king's father (Edw. I), and to the loss of the petitioner's land in Scotland which must date to c. 1314 when English interests in most of England were extinguished by the defeat at Bannockburn.
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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/C9209738/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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