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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
Item
Robert de Seint Oweyn (St Owen). de Seint Oweyn (St Owen) Robert King. Seint Oweyn...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/268/13362
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This record is about the Robert de Seint Oweyn (St Owen). de Seint Oweyn (St Owen) Robert King. Seint Oweyn... dating from [? c. 1318] 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 8/268/13362
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Seint Oweyn (St Owen).
- Name(s)
- de Seint Oweyn (St Owen), Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Seint Oweyn requests that he can sell 20 marks worth of his woods within the forest of Knaresborough to the tenants of Rigton whose houses have been burnt by the Scots. The tenants are unable to do their services owed to the foresters and castle of Knaresborough without aid.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council, if it pleases the king, that this should be done as it is to the king's profit.2) Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Knaresborough Forest, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Rigton, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Tenants of Rigton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1318 as it makes reference to the burning of the village of Rigton by the Scots.
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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/C9517309/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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