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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Roger de Horsley, lately constable of Bamburgh or Berwick castle. de Horsley Roger...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/201/10039
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This record is about the Roger de Horsley, lately constable of Bamburgh or Berwick castle. de Horsley Roger... dating from [1327-? c. 1334] 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 8/201/10039
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-? c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger de Horsley, lately constable of Bamburgh or Berwick castle.
- Name(s)
- de Horsley, Roger
- Addressees
- [King and] council.
- Occupation
- constable of Bamburgh or Berwick castle
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged and largely illegible.]Roger de Horsley requests an allowance in his account for his costs and expenses for the repair of a castle of which he was constable [this would seem to be either Bamburgh or Berwick], in the time of the King's father.
- Nature of endorsement
- . . . when the . . . have been seen . . . the said Roger will wish . . . the said costs and expenses which he has incurred for the aforesaid cause . . . they are to have good and loyal people appointed to inquire into the said portions and what they can find by this inquiry . . ..
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated with reference to the mention of King Edward, the King's father and to CCR 1333-7 p.260, which is dated 26 September 1334. Roger de Horsley was appointed constable of Bamburgh castle in 1314, of Berwick castle in 1317 and of Bamburgh again in 1318. He probably died in 1340 (Northumberland Petitions pp.62-3).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Another petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/52/2600
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.260 (order to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to give Roger de Horsley an allowance for the debts he owes the King in the debts the King owes him)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333595/
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