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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
Item
People of Scotland. King and council. The people request that Lord Percy or Lord...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/158/7862
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This record is about the People of Scotland. King and council. The people request that Lord Percy or Lord... dating from [? 1333-? 1358] 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 8/158/7862
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1333-? 1358]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Scotland.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request that Lord Percy or Lord Neville or some other lord be assigned by commission to maintain the people of Scotland in their liberty according to the laws and customs used in the time of King Alexander as was granted to them by the king, and that the king's ministers maintain them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Rendered illegible by repair].
- Places mentioned
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- Lord Percy
- Lord Neville.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1333-? 1358 on the basis that this was the period when Edward III was claiming lordship over Scotland. The hand of the petition is too late to be of Edward I's reign.
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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/C9210054/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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