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David de la Refrayctour, burgess of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Refrayctour David Chancellor....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/296/14791

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Reference
SC 8/296/14791
Date
[c. 1334]
Description
Petitioners
David de la Refrayctour, burgess of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Name(s)
Refrayctour, David
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
David de la Refrayctour states that the fishery in the Tweed that he rented from the Prioress and nuns of Manuel has been taken into the King's hand with one year of the lease left to run, and requests a remedy, as he will be happy to pay either the King or the nuns for the final year.
Nature of endorsement
They say that the aforesaid nuns by their deed shown here in court demised the aforesaid fishery to the aforesaid David for the term of six years, and that one year remains, paying the sum claimed by the petition, and that he was in Berwick at the time of the surrender and that he did not remit etc.They are to have a writ to the sheriff of Berwick to deliver the fishery to them, if for that reason etc., to hold until the end of the aforesaid term, so that he pays the rent to the King during the term, saving everyone's rights.
Places mentioned
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
River Tweed
Manuel Priory, [Stirlingshire, Scotland].
People mentioned
Prioress and nuns of Manuel.
Note
Dated to c. 1334 (after the siege of Berwick of 1333) by the similarity of the endorsement to that of SC 8/61/3020, and by the similarity of the content to that of SC 8/296/14795, SC 8/142/7064, SC 8/142/7073 and SC 8/142/7076. The hand, in particular, is very similar to that of SC 8/296/14795. The provisions concerning Berwick-upon-Tweed made at the beginning of March, 1334 (Rot. Scot., vol. I, pp.264-270) may also be relevant.
Related material

For a similar petition about fisheries in the Tweed, see SC 8/142/7064

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517992/

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