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John de Lythegreins, Sheriff of Northumberland. de Lythegreins John King's council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/65/3214
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/65/3214
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1275]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Lythegreins, Sheriff of Northumberland.
- Name(s)
- de Lythegreins, John
- Addressees
- King's council.
- Occupation
- Sheriff of Northumberland
- Nature of request
- The Sheriff of Northumberland makes five requests:1) He states that the Prior of Tynemouth, Lord Edmund the king's brother, Gilbert de Umframvill, and Walter de Huntercumb claim to have rights of waif in their lands: on what warrant he knows not. He asks what he should do.2) He complains that the Bailiffs of Newcastle are not permitting him to take the customary prise of wines for the castle and himself, although the prises always belonged to the castle and not to the bailiffs. He requests that this be corrected.3) He complains about the overcrowding of the king's prison, and points out that if these prisoners are delivered, the king will be enriched, but that if they are not, many of them will die in prison, to the king's loss.4) He states that the king's castle is in great need of repair, and asks that John de Vescy or some other be appointed to survey the damage and report back to the king.5) He states that when a man from the Prior or Durham's franchise, Roger de Staurier, and his sons, fished illegally in the king's waters in the Tyne when this was forbidden, and then took refuge in Newcastle, he asked the Mayor and Bailiffs to attach them. They did nothing, so he sent his sergeants to attach the malefactors: but when they had seized Roger he was rescued with force and arms by people of the town, who then let him go, despite the sheriff's protests. He asks that if it seems to the council that this trespass should be punished, that this might be done.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Northumberland
- Tynemouth, [Northumberland]
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Durham, [County Durham]
- River Tyne.
- People mentioned
- The Prior of Tynemouth
- Edmund [Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster]
- Gilbert de Umframvill
- Walter de Huntercumb (Huntercombe)
- the Mayor and Bailiffs of Newcastle upon Tyne
- John de Vescy
- the Prior of Durham
- Roger de Staurier
- Alan Orre
- Alexander le Furbeur.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to '? 1275' by Northumberland Petitions pp.16-18 (no. 15) on the basis of CPR 1272-81 p.123, which is dated 6 November 1275, and seems to relate to the sheriff's fifth complaint.
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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 5984
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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.16-18 (no.15) (full edition and calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. I, 1272-1281, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.123 (commission to John de Lovetoft to inquire into the rescue of a man taken by the sheriff for fishing in the Tyne)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106977/
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