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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Bamburgh King and council The people of Bamburgh state that their town...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/32/1566
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This record is about the People of Bamburgh King and council The people of Bamburgh state that their town... dating from [1334] 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 8/32/1566
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Bamburgh
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The people of Bamburgh state that their town has often been destroyed by the Scottish wars in the past, and is now once more completely burnt down and destroyed, at a time when the Queen was staying in the castle there, and request that they might be pardoned the 26 marks which they owe the king for the coming Easter term, and also arrears of 20 marks, which they are paying in 6-mark instalments.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.They are to be pardoned the 20 marks from the instalments, and the Treasurer and Barons are to be ordered that they are not to be molested because they broke the payment by instalments.
- Places mentioned
- Bamburgh, [Northumberland]
- Scotland
- People mentioned
- [Philippa of Hainault], Queen of England
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1333-7 p.209 is dated at York, 3 March 1334.Northumberland Petitions pp.199-200 (no. 177) states that Queen Philippa lodged at Bamburgh during the siege of Berwick in July 1333.
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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 1228
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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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- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.199-200 (no.177) (full edition of petition, with English summary and references)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.209 (order to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to acquit the people of Bamburgh of 20 marks for the farm of their town, which they were previously to pay at the rate of 6 marks per annum)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061763/
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