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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Emeldon, king's clerk. de Emeldon William King. king's clerk Emeldon requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/227/11310
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This record is about the William de Emeldon, king's clerk. de Emeldon William King. king's clerk Emeldon requests... dating from [1336] 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 8/227/11310
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1336]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Emeldon, king's clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Emeldon, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- king's clerk
- Nature of request
- Emeldon requests that he be granted the pieces of land in Berwick which were held by his uncle, and which are unoccupied, of no value, and owe no rent to the king, Emeldon paying the same rent to the king as his uncle did.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have the places and inhabit them, and render a certain thing to the king.
- Places mentioned
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Richard de Emeldon, uncle of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1336 as the petitioner was granted the land on 29 January 1336 (Rot. Scot., vol. I, p.400).
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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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- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.87-8 (no.56) (full edition of petition)
- Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), p.400 (grant of the land to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334870/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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