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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Adam le Armurer (Armourer); Gunnora le Armurer (Armourer), wife of Adam le Armourer....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/9/422
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/9/422
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Adam le Armurer (Armourer); Gunnora le Armurer (Armourer), wife of Adam le Armourer.
- Name(s)
- Armurer (Armourer); Armurer (Armourer), Adam; Gunnora
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Adam le Armurer and Gunnora his wife state that the king gave and granted to Aymer de Cestre, Gunnora's brother, whose heir she is, a burgage with appurtenances in Berwick-upon-Tweed, for twenty shillings a year for all services, as her charter, which she has of the king's gift, attests. But the mayor and bailiffs of Berwick and the parson of Ford have charged this burgage with four marks per annum, and are distraining the tenement for this. Adam and Gunnora have often come to the King's court, and have twice purchased a writ to the mayor and bailiffs to stop this distraint, and a writ to Walter de Teye, formerly keeper of Berwick, and now a writ to John de Segrave, keeper of Berwick and to John de Sendal, for them to do justice in this matter. But the mayor and bailiffs have not stopped their distraint - indeed the mayor, on one occasion when Gunnora brought the king's writ against him, said that the king could not give or sell the farms of that burgage, and that his charter was made of butter. They request a remedy, as they are impoverished by this business.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have a writ as before to the keeper and chamberlain of Scotland that they are to do justice to them, or inform the king why they have not done so before.
- Places mentioned
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- la Forde (Ford), [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Aymer de Cestre (Chester)
- Mayor and bailiffs of Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Parson of Ford
- Walter de Teye, keeper of Berwick-upon-Tweed
- John de Segrave (Seagrave), keeper of Berwick-upon-Tweed
- John de Sendal (Sandale).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated between 23 March 33 Edward I (1305), the date of the letter it mentions (SC 8/9/423) and the death of Edward I (7 July 1307).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.11 of PRO 31/7/93
For a letter supporting this petition see SC 8/9/423
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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 204
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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.465a-b, no.26 (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060548/
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