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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
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John de Comyn, Earl of Buchan. de Comyn, Earl of Buchan John King. [This petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13681
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This record is about the John de Comyn, Earl of Buchan. de Comyn, Earl of Buchan John King. [This petition... dating from [1296-1306] 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 8/274/13681
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1296-1306]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Comyn, Earl of Buchan.
- Name(s)
- de Comyn, Earl of Buchan, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged, faded and stained, and many sections are now illegible.]Comyn requests grace and reason be done to him as he made an agreement with Balliol for a certain sum of money concerning the custody of various lands (listed, but largely illegible), but the king's ministers ousted him from them.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the king's lieutenant be commanded that he enquire upon the contents [...].
- Places mentioned
- [Scotland]
- Cordyes [unidentified]
- Kynton [unidentified]
- Buethorn [unidentified]
- Spee [unidentified].
- People mentioned
- John de Bailliof (Balliol), King of Scotland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1296-1306 as the petition is clearly after the abdication of John Balliol as king of Scots, and before the accession of Robert Bruce in March 1306.
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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/C9517628/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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