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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Clyfford (Clifford). de Clyfford (Clifford) Robert King and council. Robert...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/201/10029
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This record is about the Robert de Clyfford (Clifford). de Clyfford (Clifford) Robert King and council. Robert... dating from [? c. 1327] 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 8/201/10029
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Clyfford (Clifford).
- Name(s)
- de Clyfford (Clifford), Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Robert de Clyfford states that all the lands of his inheritance have been jointly leased to him and to Henry de Percy except for the manor of Skipton in Craven, which is held at farm by Percy alone, at the King's pleasure; he asks that he might hold all his lands, Skipton as well as the others, individually at farm, as Percy wishes to be discharged of them.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to show in Chancery the commission made on this to Henry and Robert; and when sufficient security has been received from Robert that he will answer etc., another commission is to be made to the same Robert only, as the petition requests.
- Places mentioned
- Skipton in Craven, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry de Percy.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Percy was granted the keeping of the castle of Skipton on 11 February 1327 (CFR 1327-37, p.7). This petition would seem to date from some time after that.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/12/563
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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)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.7 (grant to Percy of the keeping of the castle and manor of Skipton during pleasure)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333585/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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