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Robert de Glasham, engineer. de Glasham Robert King and council. engineer Glasham...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E857

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This record is about the Robert de Glasham, engineer. de Glasham Robert King and council. engineer Glasham... dating from [c. 1311] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/327/E857
Date
[c. 1311]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Glasham, engineer.
Name(s)
de Glasham, Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
engineer
Nature of request
Glasham states that the Langtons by their attorney by petition to the king have claimed their right in certain tenements in Berwick, and the king lately gave the tenements to Glasham as his escheat. Glasham is pressed to clarify and show his and the king's right, and requests that he is called before the king and his council.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
Uddingate, [Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland].
People mentioned
Alan de Langeton (Langton)
Katherine [de Langeton (Langton)], wife of Alan de Langton
Robert Bataille.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1311 in accordance with the dating of SC 8/327/E855 a clearly closely related petition, though this petition may precede the making of the ordinances in 1311, as the petitioner seems to still be in possession of the tenements in Berwick, and had been removed by the time of that petition.
Related material

For the petition by the Langetons, see SC 8/327/E855

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/C9682852/

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