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? No Petitioner named Partly illegible copy of a charter of Edward II, stating that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/234/11686

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Reference
SC 8/234/11686
Date
[1314]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Partly illegible copy of a charter of Edward II, stating that he has granted to David de Strabolgy, Earl of Atholl, the manors of Aylsham, Cawston and Fakenham in Norfolk, in fulfilment of a promise to grant him lands and tenements to the value of the castle and manor of Chilham, to hold until the land of Scotland should return to subjection to him and the Earl should be able to possess his lands and tenements there, and further granting him the knights' fees and advowsons of churches belonging to these manors.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Scotland
Chilham, [Kent]
Aylsham, Norfolk
Cawston, Norfolk
Fakenham, Norfolk
Northampton, [Northamptonshire].
People mentioned
Edward [II], King of England
David de Strabolgy (Strathbogie), Earl of Atholl
John [de Strabolgy (Strathbogie), Earl of Atholl], father of David de Strabolgy, Earl of Atholl.
Note
The date of 20 November can be made out and CPR 1313-17 p.198 shows that this should be 20 November 1314.CPR 1313-17 p.187 is dated 8 October 1314.
Related material

For the petition to which this document was formerly attached, see SC 8/234/11685

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.187 (grant to the petitioner of these manors, to hold until Scotland returns to subjection to the King) & p.198 (enrolment of this grant of the knights' fees and advowsons of churches belonging to these manors)
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