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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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John de Chilton, John Wake, and John de Pountefreit (Pontefract), merchants, and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/97/4846
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This record is about the John de Chilton, John Wake, and John de Pountefreit (Pontefract), merchants, and... dating from [? c. 1315] 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 8/97/4846
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Chilton, John Wake, and John de Pountefreit (Pontefract), merchants, and others of the county of Northumberland.
- Name(s)
- de Chilton; Wake; de Pountefreit (Pontefract), John; John; John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- merchants
- Nature of request
- The petitioners, who have been completely ruined by the Scottish war, ask that they might be quit of the mark put on the custom, as the burgesses of Newcastle are, in order to re-establish themselves in business.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have the pardon as they request.
- Places mentioned
- Nothumberland
- Scotland
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? c. 1315', with reference to the mention of John de Pountfreit and John de Chilton, burgesses of Berwick upon Tweed, being granted safe-conducts in CPR 1313-7 p.276, dated 24 April 1315.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioners, see SC 8/185/9231
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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 1425
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149413/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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