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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. Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/44/2159
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Durham. Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. The... dating from [1333] 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 8/44/2159
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Durham.
- Addressees
- Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that they owe the king and his father £100 of a debt for victuals that they bought. Their lands in Northumberland and Scotland are ravaged, and they have been burdened by the coming of kings. They request that they be released from the £100.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that if it pleases the king that because the petitioners have suffered great damage from the enemies, and the king has pardoned all the others of the country that the king pardon them the £100 as the petition requests.
- Places mentioned
- Durham
- Northumberland
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- [John Stratford], Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1333 as the prior and convent received a pardon of the debt on 2 August 1333 (CPR 1330-4, p.461).
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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 8/44/2156
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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 2566
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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.461 (pardon of the debt and mandate in pursuance of it)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.184-5 (no.138) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062369/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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