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Master, brothers and sisters of the House of God of Berwick-on-Tweed King and council...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/33/1608

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This record is about the Master, brothers and sisters of the House of God of Berwick-on-Tweed King and council... dating from [1333-1334] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/33/1608
Date
[1333-1334]
Description
Petitioners
Master, brothers and sisters of the House of God of Berwick-on-Tweed
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
The petitioners show that during the siege their church and houses were demolished by the siege engines so that they had no place of refuge. The master has repaired the church and houses at his own expense, and spent more that he received, and had pledged his chalices and vestments for the repairs. The building is so weak that it cannot withstand the winter without rotting for ever, and the master in his weak position is unable to accomplish the work without great aid, wherefore the master requests that the king provide alms for the repair so that the work will not be lost, since if the king and his council will not aid them there is no-one else that will help them.
Nature of endorsement
No endorsement.
Places mentioned
Berwick-on-Tweed, [Northumberland]
Note
The petition must date to 1333-4 because it obviously follows the siege and capture of the town of Berwick by the English in 1333. The petition probably is slightly later in date than SC 8/34/1659.
Related material

For another petition by the same house see SC 8/93/4604

For a related petition see SC 8/129/6404

For another petition by the same petitioners see SC 8/34/1659

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 630
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), p.199 (calendar of petition)
  • Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.82-3 (no.50) (full edition of petition)
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