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Robert Gower; Thomas de Weston. Gower; de Weston Robert; Thomas Chancellor. Gower...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/304/15186

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This record is about the Robert Gower; Thomas de Weston. Gower; de Weston Robert; Thomas Chancellor. Gower... dating from [c. 1335] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/304/15186
Date
[c. 1335]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Gower; Thomas de Weston.
Name(s)
Gower; de Weston, Robert; Thomas
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
Gower and Weston, who have sued a writ of diem clausit extremum of the inheritance of their wives in Roxburghshire, for which an inquisition was taken and returned in the Chancery of Berwick, request a writ of the King's Chancery in England to the chancellor of Berwick to cause them to have due execution of their writ.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Roxburghshire, [Scotland]
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
Note
The petition dates to c. 1335, when Gower claimed the barony of Kirkmicheal in the right of his wife, one of the three daughters of Philip de Mowbray (Bain, vol. III, p. 319).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), p.319 (Gower claims barony of Kirkmicheal in right of his wife, one of the three daughters of Philip de Mowbray)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9528933/

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