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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Not specified King and council The king is requested to call before him, in the presence...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/31/1524
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This record is about the Not specified King and council The king is requested to call before him, in the presence... dating from [c. 1397] 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 8/31/1524
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1397]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Not specified
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The king is requested to call before him, in the presence of Lord de Percy, Keeper of the March, Lawrence de Acton, one of the burgesses returned for Newcastle upon Tyne in this parliament, and to ask him for a declaration on the estate of the town: being assured by the anonymous petitioner that this will be to the salvation of the town, the reduction of costs to the king and the aid of the whole realm.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king will be advised.
- Places mentioned
- The [Scottish] March
- People mentioned
- Lawrence de Acton, burgess representing Newcastle upon Tyne in parliament
- [Henry Percy], Lord Percy, Keeper of the [Scottish] March
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is dated on the guard to 'c. 1397'; Northumberland Petitions, No.32, pp.37-8 gives this date, and states that Acton was a member of parliament for Newcastle in 1386, 1391, 1397 and 1399.
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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 241
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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)
- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), no.32, pp.37-8 (edition and references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061720/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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