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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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Richard de Melles. de Melles Richard King. Request for confirmation of property rights...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/207/10340
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This record is about the Richard de Melles. de Melles Richard King. Request for confirmation of property rights... dating from [c. 1333-c. 1340] 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 8/207/10340
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1333-c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Melles.
- Name(s)
- de Melles, Richard
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Request for confirmation of property rights in Berwick.
- Nature of endorsement
- Send it to the chancellor of Berwick and let him have right.
- Places mentioned
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Andrew [...]
- Nicholas de Markham
- chancellor of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is addressed to 'King Edward' and mentions King Edward, his grandfather; this, coupled with references to Berwick being in English hands, places the petition shortly after the English capture of Berwick in 1333.
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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/C9333896/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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