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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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George de Dunbar, Earl of March. de Dunbar, Earl of March George King. Dunbar requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/232/11576
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This record is about the George de Dunbar, Earl of March. de Dunbar, Earl of March George King. Dunbar requests... dating from [1402] 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 8/232/11576
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- George de Dunbar, Earl of March.
- Name(s)
- de Dunbar, Earl of March, George
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Dunbar requests that the chancellor be commanded to make a writ de liberate for him as he was granted the castle and lordship of Somerton to the sum of 500 marks, and should it not extend to that sum then he was to take the residue from the customs of Boston, but the chancellor will not issue the writ for it.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Somerton, Lincolnshire
- Boston, Lincolnshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1402 as the earl received a grant of the castle on 7 March 1402, and an order was made for the payment of the arrears on 22 March 1402 (CPR 1401-5, p.52; CCR 1399-1402, p.467-8).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another contemporary petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/232/11578
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 484.
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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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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1402, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.467-468 (order to the treasurer and chamberlains of the exchequer to pay the arrears)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.52 (grant of the castle to the petitioner and his wife)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335135/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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