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Burgesses of the town of Bamburgh. King and council. The burgesses show that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/34/1652
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/34/1652
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of the town of Bamburgh.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses show that they pay annually for the farm of the town twenty-six marks at the Exchequer, and have often been ruined by the Scots, and have not asked for nothing from the king, and have received nothing. Now they are completely burnt out and their neighbours have been captured and nothing remains. They request that the king pardon them their farm until the town is repopulated, and also of six marks of their farm in arrears from the last year. They also request that the king command to the constable of the castle that they have free admission to the castle where they shelter at their own cost and help keeping watch and guard.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.
- Places mentioned
- Bamburgh, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Constable of the castle of Bamburgh.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is firmly dated to 1318 as a writ was issued to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to acquit the burgesses as they had requested on 26 November 1318, and at the same time the constable of the castle was ordered to acquit them (CCR 1318-23, p.40).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition by the tenants of neighbouring vills see SC 8/11/506
For a petition on a similar matter see SC 8/32/1565
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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 603
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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.181-2 (no.156) (full edition of petition)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.40 (pardon of the farm and arrears)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061849/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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