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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Master and brethren of God's house, Berwick. King and council. [The petition is very...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/93/4604
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This record is about the Master and brethren of God's house, Berwick. King and council. [The petition is very... dating from [1334] 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 8/93/4604
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master and brethren of God's house, Berwick.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is very badly damaged by gall, and the sense of the petition is no longer recoverable, though it is likely that an entry in Rotuli Scotiae relates to it].The master and brethren request [restoration of a rent].1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning [sense not recoverable].2) Concerning [sense not recoverable].3) Concerning [sense not recoverable].4) Concerning [sense not recoverable].
- Places mentioned
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- If the reference in Rotuli Scotiae does relate to this petition then the petition dates to 1334 (Rot. Scot., vol. I, p.266). In all likelihood the petition follows the recapture of Berwick.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners probably on a related matter see SC 8/33/1608
For a related petition see SC 8/129/6404
For another petition by the same petitioners see SC 8/34/1659
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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 649
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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)
- Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), p.266 (order to the sheriff to restore the rents)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149153/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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