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Liege men of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne. King and council. The petitioners ask...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/65/3208

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This record is about the Liege men of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne. King and council. The petitioners ask... dating from [1341] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/65/3208
Date
[1341]
Description
Petitioners
Liege men of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioners ask that they may pay 200 marks instead of the wool demanded of them in tax, in view of their loses in war and the fines and redemptions they have made to the king.
Nature of endorsement
Let them sue before the king.
Places mentioned
Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
[Henry de Percy], Lord Percy
Ralph de Neville.
Note
Dated to 1341 by references in Northumberland Petitions, pp. 215-217 (no. 193).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6009
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.215-217 (no. 193) (complete edition and references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106971/

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