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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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James Douglas of Strathbrock, knight. Douglas James King. Douglas makes 6 requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/332/15747
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This record is about the James Douglas of Strathbrock, knight. Douglas James King. Douglas makes 6 requests... dating from [1409] 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 8/332/15747
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1409]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- James Douglas of Strathbrock, knight.
- Name(s)
- Douglas, James
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Douglas makes 6 requests for safe-conduct:1) for the Duke of Albany's ship, a master and 24 mariners to come to England to buy malt in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Northumberland;2) for Hauwyk, a companion, 2 servants and 4 horses to come to England to buy malt;3) for Porter, 2 servants and 3 horses;4) for the abbot of Melrose, 12 men and 12 horses to go to the shrine of St Thomas of Canterbury;5) for the petitioner, 8 men and 8 horses to visit England;6) for Reed, Robertson, 2 other burgesses of Edinburgh, 4 servants and 8 horses to pass through England and the Duchy of Guyenne to go to the shrine of St James [de Compostella].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Yorkshire, Lincolnshire
- Northumberland
- Melrose, [Roxburghshire, Scotland]
- Strathbrock, [West Lothian, Scotland]
- Edinburgh, [Midlothian, Scotland]
- Guyenne, [France]
- [Santiago de Compostella, Spain].
- People mentioned
- [Robert Stewart], Duke of Albany
- Robin Hauwyk
- John Porter
- David Benyn (Benyng), abbot of Melrose
- John Reed, burgess of Edinburgh
- William Robertson, burgess of Edinburgh.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1409 when safe-conducts were granted accordingly (Rot. Scot, vol. II, pp. 192-3).
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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)
- Rotuli Scotiae, vol. II, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1819), pp.192-3 (safe-conducts in accordance with petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736338/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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