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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Bamburgh. King and council. The people of Bamburgh state that they have...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/95/4725
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This record is about the People of Bamburgh. King and council. The people of Bamburgh state that they have... dating from [1324] 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 8/95/4725
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Bamburgh.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Bamburgh state that they have been completely ruined by the Scots, and ask to be pardoned 52 marks that they owe the King for their farm for his fifteenth and sixteenth years, for which they have been distrained by seizure of their farm animals, so that they cannot cultivate their land.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King has pardoned them of his special grace.
- Places mentioned
- Bamburgh, Northumberland
- Scotland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1323-7 p.71 is dated 9 March 1324, and is clearly a response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.12 of PRO 31/7/99
For a petition on a similar matter see SC 8/11/506
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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 888
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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.189-90 (no.165) (full edition of petition)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.71 (order to pardon the petitioners this sum)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149276/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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