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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Kelso. King. Abbot of Kelso The abbot requests the restoration of the rents...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/155/7709
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This record is about the Abbot of Kelso. King. Abbot of Kelso The abbot requests the restoration of the rents... dating from [c. 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 8/155/7709
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of Kelso.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Kelso
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests the restoration of the rents from several tenements [street names given] which are in the hand of the king by the forfeiture of those holding them, they being the right of his church.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- [Lengthy response apparently the return of a jury to an inquisition into the matter].2) Coram magno consilio.3) They should have a writ to the sheriff of Berwick to pay them the rent if it was detained for that reason.
- Places mentioned
- Kelso, [Roxburghshire, Scotland]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- John Fairhar
- Emma Beate
- John Lambyn
- Michael Lambyn
- Dany de Kilkyngword
- Roger de Stryvelyn (Stirling)
- Feryn Born
- John de Pebles (Peebles)
- Matthew le Coteler
- Patrick de Berewyk (Berwick)
- Steven le Mercer
- Robert de Brus (Bruce).
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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/C9209899/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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