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Richard . . . Richard King and council. [The petition is badly damaged, missing the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/153/7647

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This record is about the Richard . . . Richard King and council. [The petition is badly damaged, missing the... dating from [? c. 1330-? c. 1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/153/7647
Date
[? c. 1330-? c. 1331]
Description
Petitioners
Richard . . .
Name(s)
Richard
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damaged, missing the right-hand half of the petition, and the sense is not recoverable].The petitioner requests [remedy] concerning a forfeiture and the Scottish enemies.1)
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.2) He should declare into whose hand the tenements have come, and show the indenture . . . in Chancery, and if the . . . in the hand of the king . . .
Places mentioned
Scotland.
People mentioned
Andrew . . .
Note
The petition is dated to? c. 1330-1331 on the basis of the guard note. Though the hand fits this dating, it is not clear how such a narrow dating is arrived at. It is not clear whether the dating of this petition, with the group of petitions from 153/7641-9, is justified.
Related material

For transcript, see no.69 of PRO 31/7/96

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209836/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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