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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The people of the liberty of Durham and Norhamshire. King and council The people...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/44/2169
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This record is about the The people of the liberty of Durham and Norhamshire. King and council The people... dating from [1334] 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 8/44/2169
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The people of the liberty of Durham and Norhamshire.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The people request a writ to the treasurer and baron of the Exchequer concerning the pardon made by the king to the people of Northumberland of debts for victuals and other things as the liberties are within the county.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.Because this grace was made to the people of that county, the council does not dare to extend it to the people of the bishop without advising the king.
- Places mentioned
- Franchise de Duresme (Liberty of Durham)
- Franchise de Norham (Liberty of Norhamshire), [Northumberland]
- Northumberland.
- People mentioned
- People of Northumberland.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition of the prior and convent of Durham on the same matter see SC 8/44/2156
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 2578
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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 people of Northumberland of debts due for victuals) & p.528 (pardon to the people of the liberties)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.217-9 (no.159) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062379/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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