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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme. King. The burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme make...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/7/348
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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] 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 8/7/348
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1324]
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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:3) 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.4) 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.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.The king wishes to consider this.
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle-under-Lyme, [Staffordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From its endorsement, this would appear to be the petition presented at the London parliament, that is, the non-parliamentary assembly of October 1324, which met there.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later petition on the same subject, see SC 8/7/347
For transcript, see no.111 of PRO 31/7/97
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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 6170
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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 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 a related petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060471/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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