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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Elizabeth de Umfraville, Countess of Angus. de Umfraville, Countess of Angus Elizabeth...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/218/10872
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This record is about the Elizabeth de Umfraville, Countess of Angus. de Umfraville, Countess of Angus Elizabeth... dating from [c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/218/10872
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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
- Elizabeth de Umfraville, Countess of Angus.
- Name(s)
- de Umfraville, Countess of Angus, Elizabeth
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The countess of Angus requests payment of all arrears of a grant of £50 per year made to her by the king from the issues of Longnewton and Newsham on Tees in the honour of Barnard Castle, since this has not been paid to her by the constable for four years, to her great loss.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege.Because the ... granted by the king ... sue before the present king.
- Places mentioned
- Longnewton, [County Durham]
- Newsham on Tees (Newsham), [County Durham]
- River Tees
- Barnard Castle, [County Durham]
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- Constable of Barnard Castle.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard, and by Fraser, to c. 1327, as the endorsement suggests the accession of a new king. The petition appears to be later that SC 8/90/4463, another petition on a related matter.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier petition from this petitioner see SC 8/90/4463
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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)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.228-229 (no.168) (full edition and summary of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334430/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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