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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the commonalty of Northumberland. King and council The people request a...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/64/3199
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This record is about the People of the commonalty of Northumberland. King and council The people request a... dating from [c. 1324-c. 1327] 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 8/64/3199
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1324-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the commonalty of Northumberland.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The people request a pardon of the debts incurred in wartime that are demanded in the Exchequer following the truce.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council if it please the king that for the more speedy settlement of the country by good people for the defence of the land that the king should make grace at his will.2) Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Northumberland.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier but very similar petition from the same petitioners on the same subject see SC 8/165/8209
For a petition on a similar matter see SC 8/11/506
For minutes of this petition see C 49/5/12
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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 5978
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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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- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.191-2 (no.167) (full edition of petition)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.56, 262, 439 (successive respites of debt to the people of Northumberland)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.23 (pardon to the people of Northumberland)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106962/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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