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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
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Robert de Scales, son and heir of Robert de Scales. de Scales Robert King. Scales...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/178/8883
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This record is about the Robert de Scales, son and heir of Robert de Scales. de Scales Robert King. Scales... dating from [c. 1332] 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 8/178/8883
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Scales, son and heir of Robert de Scales.
- Name(s)
- de Scales, Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Scales request that he be granted his lands which are held by his mother at fee farm, he being a ward in the king's keeping and 20 years old. During the time that Scales was in the keeping of the king's father, the king took 200 marks from his mother for his marriage, the farm has always been paid, and Scales has taken nothing from the king for his maintenance.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be sent to Master Richard de Bury.
- People mentioned
- Egelyne [de Scales], widow of Robert de Scales
- Robert de Scales
- Master Richard de Bury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1332 as the petitioner states he is 20 years old, and in his father's IPM of 4 April 1325 he is recorded as being 13 years of age (CIPM, vol. VI, no.593). It is possible that a commission of certiorari de feodis of March 1332 and the order to the escheator of September 1332 are closely related to the petition (CIPM, vol. VII, no.476; CFR 1327-37, p.326).
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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)
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- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.326 (order to the escheator to take into the king's hand the fees and advowsons of the petitioner's father)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. VI, 10-20 Edw II, (Public Record Office, 1910), no.593 (inquisition of Robert de Scales)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. VII, 1-9 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1909), no.476 (commission of certiorari de feodis)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294751/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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