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Peter de Cicestre (Chichester). de Cicestre (Chichester) Peter King. Cicestre requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/270/13500

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Reference
SC 8/270/13500
Date
[c. 1316]
Description
Petitioners
Peter de Cicestre (Chichester).
Name(s)
de Cicestre (Chichester), Peter
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Cicestre requests that the king ordain for the amendment of his estate as he served the king's father for many years and was captured in the king's service at Bannockburn, he residing in captivity for a year and a half.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Scotland
Stirling (Bannockburn), [Stirlingshire, Scotland].
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1316 as the petitioner refers to his being held in Scotland for a year and a half after his capture at Bannockburn.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), p.124b (writ to the sheriff of Lincoln and the petitioner for the raising of troops in Lincolnshire for the Bannockburn campaign)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517447/

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