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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of Scotland. [King]. Petition of the commons requesting remedy for the wrongs...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/155/7743
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/155/7743
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307-1310]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of Scotland.
- Addressees
- [King].
- Nature of request
- Petition of the commons requesting remedy for the wrongs done to them by the king's ministers concerning the recovery of their goods from the castles, and the payment for goods taken by the garrisons which the sheriffs will not allow, as the commons have bought a truce and without payment are greatly impoverished, and concerning the seizure of goods of the enemies when they come to sell them against the truce; and other acts of the ministers. They request an examiner be sent, and request an answer by the bearer.
- Nature of endorsement
- The petition of the commons of Scotland is to be expedited . . . earl of Pembroke and John de Sandale.
- Places mentioned
- Berwickshire, [Scotland]
- Roxburghshire, [Scotland]
- Edinburgh, [Scotland].
- People mentioned
- [Aymer de Valence], earl of Pembroke
- John de Sandale.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1307-1310 on the basis of the dating ascribed to this petition by Bain (vol. III, no.186).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.81 of PRO 31/7/96
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 7743.
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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)
- Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), no.186 (full translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209935/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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