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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Men of Roxburgh. King and council. The men of Roxburgh request grace that the chamberlain...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/326/E732
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/326/E732
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Men of Roxburgh.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The men of Roxburgh request grace that the chamberlain of Scotland is ordered to pay them for the goods taken from them for the use of the king when he was last in Scotland, for which they have good tallies but cannot be answered by any man without special order of our lord the king.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Among the king's debts.2) They are to send someone with tallies for the goods thus taken who is to appear in the wardrobe and sue a writ of liberate.
- Places mentioned
- Roxburgh, [Roxburghshire, Scotland].
- People mentioned
- Chamberlain of Scotland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1305 as a Latin summary of the petition appears on the parliament roll ascribed to the parliament of Lent 1305 (PROME, roll 25, Text/Translation, no.287).
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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)
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- Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), p.171 (Latin summary and full edition of petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 12, appendix, no.287 (full edition and translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682727/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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