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Edward de Letham. de Letham Edward King. Letham requests that he be granted fees,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/246/12260
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This record is about the Edward de Letham. de Letham Edward King. Letham requests that he be granted fees,... dating from [? 1349] 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 8/246/12260
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1349]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edward de Letham.
- Name(s)
- de Letham, Edward
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Letham requests that he be granted fees, advowsons and the services of the free tenants of the 200 marks worth of land granted to him by the king in lieu of an annuity granted to him by the king for his inheritance, and also in enlargement of his charter release the services of the vill of Letham, and all other lands that are held of the castle of Dunbar, making to the king the other services and customs. He requests delivery of the vill of Horden.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king grants him the fees, services and the advowsons of churches, abbies and priories. Concerning Horden, Manivelle is summoned to show how he holds the vill, and the chancellor of Berwick is to certify if assignment can be made for Manivelle elsewhere.
- Places mentioned
- Berwickshire, [Scotland]
- Roxburghshire, [Scotland]
- Letham, [Stirlingshire, Scotland]
- Dunbar, [East Lothian, Scotland]
- Horden [unidentified].
- People mentioned
- Robert Manivelle.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 20764 in C 81/343
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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/C9439866/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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