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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Hatfield, Bishop of Durham. Hatfield Thomas King and council Bishop of Durham...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/44/2185
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/44/2185
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Hatfield, Bishop of Durham.
- Name(s)
- Hatfield, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Bishop of Durham
- Nature of request
- The bishop shows that he is lord of the Tweed to its midstream where the river adjoins his lands and has all manner of profits from it, Bolton seized the profits of the ferry there believing it to belong to the town of Berwick. He has previously petitioned on the matter and the petition was ordered into Chancery. The bishop has continually sued but has not been able to have a final answer. He requests that the council order a final discussion according to law and reason.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be viewed in Chancery and let justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- River Tweed
- Descoce (Scotland)
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- John de Boulton (Bolton), late Chamberlain of Berwick
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition almost certainly dates to 1376 when the justices were ordered to view the record and process (CCR 1374-7, p.401). Although the bishop obviously felt that his suit was being delayed, it would seem that the matter was in the process of being dealt with as two commissions were ordered into the matter on 10 August and 28 November 1374 (CPR 1370-4, p.495; CPR 1374-7, p.64). It is possible that the petition dates to this earlier period of activity in 1374.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier petition by the same petitioner on the same matter see SC 8/44/2153
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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 2820
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIV, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.401 (writ to the justices to review the record and process)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XV, 1370-1374, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.495 (commission concerning the bishop's claims)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XVI, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.64 (further commission concerning the bishop's claims)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.42-3 (no.19) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062395/
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