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Robert de Rasen; Peter de Rasen; William de Hyrndale; Ralph le Taverner; John Lefevere;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/279/13901

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Reference
SC 8/279/13901
Date
[1307-1327]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Rasen; Peter de Rasen; William de Hyrndale; Ralph le Taverner; John Lefevere; Thomas de Bouden (Bowdon); William de Waverton; Thomas le Mareschal (Marshall); William de Rychemond (Richmond); Robert de Raughton; Adam de Kamercen; Adam D'Irlande (Ireland).
Name(s)
de Rasen; de Rasen; de Hyrndale; le Taverner; Lefevere; de Bouden (Bowdon); de Waverton; le Mareschal (Marshall); de Rychemond (Richmond); de Raughton; de Kamercen; D'Irlande (Ireland), Robert; Peter; William; Ralph; John; Thomas; William; Thomas; William; Robert; Adam; Adam
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Rasen, Rasen, Hyrndale, le Taverner, Lefevere, Bouden, Waverton, le Mareschal, Rychemond, Raughton, Kamercen and D'Irlande, who have served the King in his wars in Flanders, Wales, Gascony and Scotland, request that the King grant them the freedom of his town of Dumfries because the burgesses of the town will not allow them to trade there because they are English.
Nature of endorsement
The King wills that those who can acquire burgages should do so by entering them as the Scots do, and the sheriffs of the boroughs of Scotland should be ordered to permit them to have this liberty.
Places mentioned
Flanders
Wales
Gascony, [France]
Scotland
Dumfries, [Dumfriesshire, Scotland].
Note
Dated by Connolly to the reign of Edward II.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Royal letters 2696.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.91 (calendar of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517849/

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