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Abbot and convent of Blanchland in Northumberland King. The abbot and convent state...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/34/1683

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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Blanchland in Northumberland King. The abbot and convent state... dating from [1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/34/1683
Date
[1331]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Blanchland in Northumberland
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The abbot and convent state that they have been despoiled for 30 years or more by the Scottish war, and also by the king's host when it was at Stanhope Park, so that by the war their houses are burnt and their land lies fallow, by which they are destitute. They request that the king grant a pardon to them of £27 13s. 4d. for victuals that they bought in the time of Edward II at Newcastle upon Tyne, for which debt they are charged by a summons of the Exchequer to the sheriff of Northumberland by which they are not able to have profit from their lands nor from anything that they have.
Nature of endorsement
It seems to the council, if it pleases the king, that they be pardoned the sums because of the great losses and destructions that they have suffered by the Scottish war.If it pleases the king.
Places mentioned
Blanchland, Northumberland
Stanhope, [County Durham]
Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
Northumberland
People mentioned
Edward II, King of England
sheriff of Northumberland
Note
The petition can be securely dated to 1331 for the king pardoned the debt on 8 October 1331 (CCR 1330-33, pp.266-7).
Related material

For an earlier related petition by the same petitioners see SC 8/34/1682

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 430
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.195-6 (no.173) (full edition of petition)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.266-7 (pardon of the debt)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061880/

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