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Louis de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham. de Beaumont Louis King. Durham, [County Durham]...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/82/4096

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This record is about the Louis de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham. de Beaumont Louis King. Durham, [County Durham]... dating from [c. 1320] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/82/4096
Date
[c. 1320]
Description
Petitioners
Louis de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham.
Name(s)
de Beaumont, Louis
Addressees
King.
Places mentioned
Durham, [County Durham]
London.
Nature of request
Beaumont requests that the keepers of the Mint at the Tower of London be ordered to deliver the three upper punches [trusseux] for minting coins that they detain until the king will order otherwise. They were granted the three punches for minting money at Durham.
Nature of endorsement
The king has granted this until Easter next, and for the year next following.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1320, as the original grant to the bishop was made on 20 November 1320. The petition would seem to be a little later as it seems to refer to problems in obtaining the three stamps following this grant, rather than requesting the grant itself.
Related material

For a grant and confirmation to the bishop on the same matter see mm.46d, 119 in E 159/90

For orders to make three further punches see mm.12d, 114d, 160 E 159/91

For orders to the keeper of the mint and the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to supply the punches see mm.24, 159 E 159/94

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2859
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.281 (order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to deliver the three upper punches)
  • Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.251-2 (no.186) (full edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148636/

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