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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William, Earl of Ross. Earl of Ross William King. [Petition in 4 parts].1) The earl...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/177/8805
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/177/8805
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290-c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William, Earl of Ross.
- Name(s)
- Earl of Ross, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 4 parts].1) The earl states that he delivered the king's letters to Chyen who has said that he has the keeping of the shrievalties of Invernairn, Forres and Elgin and the issues of the forest which were assigned to him for his sustenance, which the earl does not think was the king's will, and he believes the issues could be spent more wisely on the repair of castles and fortresses.2) The earl requests that whereas a woman of inheritance has died and her son who is not yet 16 has been taken into the king's hand, that he be granted the wardship and marriage for a lady who has served the countess his wife.3) The earl is at the king's service but has been given no command and requests that he can be employed where the king thinks best.4) The earl requests letters of safe-conduct to two merchants, Boner and Slethy, to come and go into England to buy and sell.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Moray, [Scotland]
- Invernairn, [Nairnshire, Scotland]
- Forres, [Elginshire, Scotland]
- Elgin, [Elginshire, Scotland]
- Kilrawok (Kilravock), [Nairnshire, Scotland]
- Geddes, [Nairnshire, Scotland].
- People mentioned
- Reginald le Chyen (Cheyne)
- Roger Boner, merchant
- Andrew Slethy of Elgin, merchant.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has been speculatively dated to c. 1290-c. 1307 as it appears to be a petition of Edward I by the hand, and these dates correspond to the dates of Edward's I involvement in Scotland.
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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/C9294673/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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