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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Conan Fitz Henry. Fitz Henry Conan Council. Fitz Henry requests that the truth of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/159/7928
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/159/7928
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Conan Fitz Henry.
- Name(s)
- Fitz Henry, Conan
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Fitz Henry requests that the truth of the matter concerning his father's tenements in Berwickshire of which he was disseised by Bruce be enquired of, and that justice be done as they are now in the king's hand.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- [Otterburn], Berwickshire, [Scotland].
- People mentioned
- Henry, father of the petitioner
- Robert de Brus (Bruce).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1334 as a mandate was issued to the chancellor and chamberlain of Berwick to enquire of the matter and do justice on 15 June 1334 (Rot. Scot., vol. I, p.272a).
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), p.272a (mandate to the chancellor and chamberlain of Berwick to enquire of the matter and do justice)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210120/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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