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Burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme. King. The burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme make...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/7/347
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This record is about the Burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme. King. The burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme make... dating from [1324-1325] 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 8/7/347
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1324-1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme make two requests:1) They state that they hold their town of him by charter, for the farm of 40 marks, which is not specified in their charter; they request confirmation of the charter, with mention of the farm.2) They ask not to be put on inquests, assizes or juries with foreigners concerning foreign matters, and that no foreigner be put on inquests, assizes or juries with them concerning matters concerning the town, or things done in the town, unless they concern the king, his heirs, or the community of the town.This bill was answered by the king at his last parliament in London that he would consider the matter: so they request his grace by making a fine to the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.The king still wishes to consider this.
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle-under-Lyme, [Staffordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Date given on the evidence of Rot. Parl. vol. I, p.418b, no. 6. JRS Phillips (PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337) says that these petitions probably all do belong to 18 Edward II, although there is no indication that they were presented either at the non-parliamentary assembly of October 1324 or the parliament of June 1325.This, however, since it refers to the petition being presented at the last parliament in London - that is, the assembly of October 1324 - was certainly presented since that parliament, and probably in June 1325.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the earlier petition mentioned by this petition, see SC 8/7/348
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 6237
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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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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.418b, no. 6 (full edition of a later copy of the original 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), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl. vol. I, pp. 416-429, no. 6 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060470/
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