William de Bevercote (Bevercotes). de Bevercote (Bevercotes) William King and council....

Petitioners

William de Bevercote (Bevercotes).

Name(s)

de Bevercote (Bevercotes), William

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

William de Bevercote asks that the victuals that he took from the King at Berwick for default of money, up to the sum of £10, might be charged to him at the King's price, or might be pardoned him in exchange for his expenses in going to Inverness and back in the company of the Keeper. For the bishop has told John de Sandale to pay him £20 over and above his fee.

Nature of endorsement

A writ of the privy seal is to be issued to the Chancellor of England to issue a writ of liberate to the Chamberlain of Scotland for £20 to be delivered to the Chancellor of Scotland, which [£20] the King has granted to the Chancellor over and above his fee, for his expenses in going in the company of Aymer, Keeper of Scotland, from Berwick to Inverness and back.

Places mentioned

Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]

Inverness, [Inverness-shire], Scotland.

People mentioned

John de Sandale, [Chamberlain of Scotland]

Aymer [de Valence], Keeper of Scotland.

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/2/64

For a writ to the Chamberlain to pay the petitioner £20 over and above his fee for his expenses in going from Berwick to Inverness, see m.3 of C 62/83

• Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), pp.259-260 (mandate to give William de Bevercotes suitable letters on his two petitions, and another petition from William formerly enclosed with this one)
• Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. II, 1272-1307, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1884), no.1932 (writ to the Chamberlain to pay the petitioner £20 over and above his fee for his expenses in going from Berwick to Inverness)