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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Somervill. de Somervill William King and council. William de Somervill...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/259/12950
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This record is about the William de Somervill. de Somervill William King and council. William de Somervill... dating from [? c. 1314] 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 8/259/12950
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1314]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Somervill.
- Name(s)
- de Somervill, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- William de Somervill makes two petitions;1) He asks that he might have the wardship and marriage of Mary, daughter and one of the heirs of Edmund Comyn, who died in the King's service at Stirling (Bannockburn), together with wardship of her lands in England, in compensation for the lands he has lost in Scotland.2) He asks that he might have the lands in England which Mary, who was the wife of Edmund Comyn, held in dower, as she has gone to her friends in Scotland because of the ill-treatment shown to her in her manor of Newham in Northumberland by John de Felton, Constable of Alnwick castle, who left her nothing to live on.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King has given away the marriage of Edmund's heir: therefore nothing.With regard to the second petition: the King is not advised to give those lands yet.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Stirling, [Stirlingshire, Scotland]
- Newham, Northumberland
- Alnwick, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- [Edward I], King of England
- Mary [Comyn], daughter of Edmund Comyn
- Edmund Comyn
- Mary [Comyn], widow of Edmund Comyn
- John de Felton, Constable of Alnwick castle.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to c. 1314 by mention of the death of Edmund Comyn at the battle of Bannockburn.
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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/C9440563/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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