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Lost. King. [The petition is in parts totally illegible, and the sense is barely...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/154/7655
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This record is about the Lost. King. [The petition is in parts totally illegible, and the sense is barely... dating from [? c. 1314-? c. 1335] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/154/7655
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1314-? c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Lost.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is in parts totally illegible, and the sense is barely recoverable].The petitioner requests a grant of the bailiwick of Monheurt for his service to the king in his wars of Scotland and Gascony.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Illegible].
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Gascony, [France]
- Monheurt, Guyenne, France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to? c. 1314-? c. 1335 in part on the hand, and in part as the petition refers to the wars in Gascony and Scotland.
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Europe and Russia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209844/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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