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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Nicholas Lescot (Scot), son and heir of John Lescot (Scot) of Newcastle upon Tyne....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/238/11886A
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This record is about the Nicholas Lescot (Scot), son and heir of John Lescot (Scot) of Newcastle upon Tyne.... dating from [? c. 1300] 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 8/238/11886A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Nicholas Lescot (Scot), son and heir of John Lescot (Scot) of Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Name(s)
- Lescot (Scot), Nicholas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Nicholas, son and heir of John Lescot of Newcastle upon Tyne, states that his father held three messuages in Berwick-upon-Tweed, of which he was peacefully seised until the King took Berwick; but that the King has [given them] to various people. He asks that they might be [returned] to him, as his father was always loyal to the King and in his peace, never living in Scotland but in Newcastle.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.It is to be inquired into by the Keeper and Chamberlain, and what justice is possible is to be done to him. And if [the circumstances are such that] it cannot be done without consulting the King, the King is to be informed of this.
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- John Lescot (Scot) of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Richard Boulton (Bolton)
- Henry de Leycestre (Leicester).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated to c.1300, with reference to the fall of Berwick in 1296.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335446/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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