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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Northumberland. King and council The people request that it is ordained...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/64/3198
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This record is about the People of Northumberland. King and council The people request that it is ordained... dating from [c. 1321] 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 8/64/3198
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1321]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Northumberland.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The people request that it is ordained that men residing in the country be justices of assize, namely Denum who is a man of law and such other knights of the county. The justices assigned to hold assizes in the county have not dared for the last 12 years to enter the county because of the war to the disinheritance of many in the county.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is to be delivered to the chancellor and treasurer, and they should ordain as it will seem to them to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Northumberland.
- People mentioned
- William de Denum.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a slightly earlier petition by the same petitioners on the same matter see SC 8/65/3205
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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 5999
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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)
- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), p.116 (no.92) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106961/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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