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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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Hugh Gray. Gray Hugh King and council. Gray requests the king's aid and grace of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/319/E409
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This record is about the Hugh Gray. Gray Hugh King and council. Gray requests the king's aid and grace of... dating from [c. 1318] 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 8/319/E409
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh Gray.
- Name(s)
- Gray, Hugh
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Gray requests the king's aid and grace of a sum due him as appears by bill that he has of his account so that he can acquit the ransom for his wife and children who were taken by the enemy at the taking of Berwick. He has served the king and his father and has lost the profit from his land in Northumberland, and all his remaining goods in Berwick.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Northumberland
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1318 as it is clearly soon after the fall of Berwick where the petitioner's wife and children were captured.
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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. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), no.525 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529461/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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