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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of Durham. King and council The petitioners show that they purchased...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/44/2156
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Durham. King and council The petitioners show that they purchased... dating from [c. 1332] 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 8/44/2156
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Durham.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioners show that they purchased victuals from the king and his father for £400 and now Nottingham at the king's order has levied £100 from them. The king recently pardoned the men of Northumberland, but the petitioners have been unable to obtain a discharge from their debt because the priory is in the liberty of Durham. The prior requests that the king order a writ of discharge because the liberty of Durham is in Northumberland, considering their losses in the war.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.Because this grace was made to the people of Northumberland the council are not able to extend this grace to the people of the bishop without the advice of the king.
- Places mentioned
- Northumberland
- Franchise de Duresme (Liberty of Durham)
- Coldingham, [Berwickshire, Scotland].
- People mentioned
- Robert de Notingham (Nottingham).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to after October 1332 when the men of Northumberland received their pardon as the petition makes mention (CPR 1330-4, p.361). As the prior and convent seem to have petitioned to the treasurer that they be discharged and had this request rejected before this petition was submitted, it seems likely that this petition must date to 1333 or 1334.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the priory requesting the pardon of debts for the purchase of victuals see SC 8/44/2159
For a petition requesting pardon by the people of the liberty of Durham and Norhamshire see SC 8/44/2169
For a related petition see SC 8/105/5230
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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 2572
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.361 (pardon to the men of Northumberland for their debt for victuals)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.217-19 (no.160) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062363/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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