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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Morpath (Morpeth). de Morpath (Morpeth) John King and council. Morpath requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/61/3029
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This record is about the John de Morpath (Morpeth). de Morpath (Morpeth) John King and council. Morpath requests... dating from [c. 1316] 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 8/61/3029
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Morpath (Morpeth).
- Name(s)
- de Morpath (Morpeth), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Morpath requests remedy as his houses were demolished by Harcla and Swinburn and the commons of Carlisle during the seige of the city by the Scots in aid of its defence without any reparation.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let certain men be assigned in Chancery to enquire of the cause that his houses were demolished and all other necessary articles, and the inquisition be returned into Chancery. The king is to be advised and will do justice.
- Places mentioned
- Carlisle, [Cumberland].
- People mentioned
- Andrew de Harcla
- Robert de Swyneburn (Swinburn).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1316 as the siege ran from 22 July to 1 August 1316, and the petition obviously postdates that. Strangely Bain ascribes this to 1315 (Bain, vol. III, p.88 (no.464)).
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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 5594
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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 Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), p.88 (no.464) (calendar of petition)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.113-14 (no.80) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106791/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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