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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Brus (Bruce). de Brus (Bruce) Robert King and council. Brus requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/313/E82
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This record is about the Robert de Brus (Bruce). de Brus (Bruce) Robert King and council. Brus requests that... dating from [c. 1305] 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 8/313/E82
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Brus (Bruce).
- Name(s)
- de Brus (Bruce), Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Brus requests that he can have his lands of Annandale and Lochmaben Castle so that he can serve the king as he has been held out of them for 4 years.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- When the king is free to dispose of Scottish business then he will hear the complaints of Brus and do justice to him.2) Let it remain.
- Places mentioned
- Val de Anaund (Annandale), [Dumfriesshire, Scotland]
- Lochmaben Castle, [Dumfriesshire, Scotland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1305 on the basis of the suggested dating given by Bain. However, the petition might be earlier and date to c. 1302 with many other petition in this file.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/325/E670
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. IV, 1357-1509, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), no.1818 (calendar of a this and a small group of other petitions)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529133/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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