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Roger de Somerville. de Somerville Roger King. Northumberland Nether Witton, [Northumberland]...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/174/8692

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This record is about the Roger de Somerville. de Somerville Roger King. Northumberland Nether Witton, [Northumberland]... dating from [? 1314-? 1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/174/8692
Date
[? 1314-? 1325]
Description
Petitioners
Roger de Somerville.
Name(s)
de Somerville, Roger
Addressees
King.
Places mentioned
Northumberland
Nether Witton, [Northumberland]
[Win]gates, [Northumberland]
Shieling of Witton, [Northumberland]
Shieling of Trewitley, [Northumberland].
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damaged, and is missing a portion from its right-hand half]. Somerville requests restoration of his damages that he has suffered in Northumberland by the Scots who came to his manor of Witton and other of his lands and burnt his houses and destroyed his corn so that he was only left with the land.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/142/7074

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294559/

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