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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor and commons of Newcastle upon Tyne. King and council. The petitioners state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/65/3203
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This record is about the Mayor and commons of Newcastle upon Tyne. King and council. The petitioners state... dating from [1376] 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 8/65/3203
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and commons of Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that before Candlemas last the Prior of the Hospital of St John in England and his council and representatives of the Mayor and commons of Newcastle were examined before the king's council on the matter of a special assize concerning tenements in Fenham, and it was found that the Prior had corrupted this assize through bribery and through the influence of the Sheriff, who is his nephew. The council therefore ordered that there would be no writ to proceed in this assize before an enquiry had been held into these tenements. The Mayor and commons sued for a commission for this enquiry until the ninth day before Easter, when they were told to come back during parliament. They request delivery of this commission, and a writ to the justices of the assize to suspend proceedings in the meantime.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Fenham, [Northumberland]
- Elswick, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- [Robert Hales], Prior of the Hospital of St John in England (Knights Hsopitallers)
- the Sheriff of Nothumberland
- the Prior of Tynemouth
- Thomas de Middelton (Middleton), clerk of Chancery.
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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 6043
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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.82-84 (no.64) (full edition and references)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.348b-349a (transcription of petition on parliament roll, text modified)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106966/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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