Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Burgesses of Berwick. John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France. The burgesses...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/25/1205

What’s it about?

This record is about the Burgesses of Berwick. John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France. The burgesses... dating from [1426] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Is it available online?

Yes, this record is available online and can be downloaded. How to view it.

Can I see it in person?

No, this record is not available to see in person at The National Archives. Other ways to view it.

Full description and record details

Reference
SC 8/25/1205
Date
[1426]
Description
Petitioners
Burgesses of Berwick.
Addressees
John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France.
Nature of request
The burgesses state that Henry V granted to them by his letters patent because of the damage to their town, and the scarcity of people that they could buy wool, skins and wool fells from whomever they like between Coquet and Tweed, and between Teviotdale, shipping them overseas paying for them at a reduced rate. The present king has for the six years following granted that they could only ship the wool to Middelburg and Bruges. However the burgesses can no longer buy wool from Scotland because of the king of Scotland's prohibition. The burgesses request that for the repair of the town and the increase of customs there that they be able to buy wool, skins and wool fells between Blyth and Tweed, Blyth being nine miles from the Coquet, since they cannot buy wool from Scotland, ship the wool where they like, and have no other merchandise in which they can invest.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
River Coquet, [Northumberland]
River Tweed
Teviotdale, [Scotland]
Scotland
Middelburg, [Netherlands]
Bruges, [Belgium]
Blyth, [Northumberland].
Note
Dated by the heading in Rot. Parl. IV, p.309 where it is noted that the petition comes from 4 Hen. VI (1 Sept. 1425-31 Aug. 1426). As this is a parliamentary petition it must therefore come from the Leicester parliament of February 1426. The necessary licence was issued on 15 July 1426 (Rot. Scot. II, p.256).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 967
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.57-8 (no.29) (calendar of petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.309b-310a (no.2) (full transcription of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061376/

How to order it

  1. View this record page in our current catalogue
  2. Check viewing and downloading options
  3. Select an option and follow instructions
View this record page

Series information

SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

74,884 records

Within the department: SC

Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...

18,283 records

Within the series: SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

54 records

Within the piece: SC 8/25

1201-1250. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...

You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/25/1205

Burgesses of Berwick. John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France. The burgesses...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.