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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
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 have...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/44/2160
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Durham. King and council The petitioners show that they have... dating from [1322] 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 8/44/2160
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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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 have been ruined by the Scottish war that has lasted for a long time, and by the incursions of the enemy, and most particularly when the Scots stayed from 15-30 January 1322 causing considerable damage to the priory's estates and tenants. They request that the king ordain some aid and sustenance so that they can live and maintain divine service there until God by his grace and by royal aid brings amends.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Durham
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Fraser dates this to 1322 identifying the specified raid to be that led by Thomas Randolf, earl of Moray which reached well into Yorkshire (Northern Petitions, p.181). The guard suggests that this petition is earlier dating to 1320, though it refers to the taxation of the tenth imposed by Pope John XXII, and that the tax in the diocese of Durham should be levied at the new taxation (CCR 1318-23, p.269). This does not seem really to provide credible evidence to date the petition to this slightly earlier date.
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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 2573
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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), pp.179-81 (no.133) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062370/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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