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Simon de Bedenhale (Beadnell), burgess of Berwick-upon-Tweed. de Bedenhale (Beadnell)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/32/1590

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Reference
SC 8/32/1590
Date
[1333-1334]
Description
Petitioners
Simon de Bedenhale (Beadnell), burgess of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Name(s)
de Bedenhale (Beadnell), Simon
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
burgess of Berwick-upon-Tweed
Nature of request
Simon de Bedenhale, burgess of Berwick upon Tweed, the king's liege man born in England, states that he lost the tenements of his father and uncle, whose heir he is, in Berwick upon Tweed as a result of the war, and that after the surrender of the town he impleaded Adam Brekrone and William Mayden, who were then the tenants. However, during the plea the tenements were seized into the king's hand by the Chamberlain of Berwick, as Adam and William were adherents of the Scottish enemies. He requests a writ to the Chamberlain to inquire into the truth and to do justice and reason to him.
Nature of endorsement
He is to have a writ based on his petition to the said Chamberlain to inquire into the articles of his said petition, and to return the inquisition in Chancery. When the Chancellor has examined that return he is to inform the king what is found by the said inquisition, and the king is further to give him his grace.
Places mentioned
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
William Spore, uncle of petitioner
Robert de Bruys (Bruce, Brus)
[Robert I, King of Scotland]
Simon Spore, father of petitioner
Adam Brekrone
William Mayden.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1333-4 with reference to SC 8/92/4578 and to the capture of Berwick. Northern Petitions, no.6, pp.17-8 also dates it to 1333-4.
Related material

For a related petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/92/4578

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1080
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), no.6, pp.17-8 (full edition and calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061787/

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