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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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James de Selby, son and heir of Walter de Selby. de Selby James King. Selby requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/247/12306
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This record is about the James de Selby, son and heir of Walter de Selby. de Selby James King. Selby requests... dating from [1358] 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 8/247/12306
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1358]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- James de Selby, son and heir of Walter de Selby.
- Name(s)
- de Selby, James
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Selby requests that a writ be sent to the chamberlains of Berwick to enquire of Selby's claims to the lands of his inheritance which he has not claimed because he resided in prison in Scotland for 8 years after his father's death, and if the claims are true that the land be rendered to him.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Liddel, [Cumberland]
- Scotland
- Roxburgh, [Roxburghshire, Scotland].
- People mentioned
- William Wissard.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related letter of privy seal with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 15 in C 81/908
For the privy seal warrant with which this was formerly enclosed see no.23722 in C 81/373
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), p.308 (no.1670) (inquisition into the matter)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. III, 22-51 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1937), no.259 (inquisition of the lands held by Walter de Selby)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439912/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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