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Burgesses of Berwick-upon-Tweed King and council The burgesses state that they are...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/33/1614
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This record is about the Burgesses of Berwick-upon-Tweed King and council The burgesses state that they are... dating from [? 1306] 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 8/33/1614
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1306]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The burgesses state that they are new people come into the said town and that they have great need of aid of the king, and many times have requested to the king for his assistance and that he would grant them certain articles of franchises contained in a bill attached to the petition, which franchises the king promised to confirm at his next parliament, by which franchise many merchants and other sufficient people will come to the town. They request that the king and council will have the matter at heart for they have pursued this suit for a long time.
- Nature of endorsement
- No endorsement.
- Places mentioned
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Roxburgh, [Roxburghshire, Scotland]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition and draft charter are dated by Fraser to c. 1306. The petition itself looks later, but the draft charter looks of about the right age. It is not entirely clear whether Fraser's date should be accepted.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the draft letters patent formerly attached to this petition see SC 8/33/1615
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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 1103
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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)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), p.28 (no.13) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061811/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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