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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Cumberland, Northumberland, and Westmorland. King. The petitioners seek...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/101/5037
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This record is about the People of Cumberland, Northumberland, and Westmorland. King. The petitioners seek... dating from [1377] 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 8/101/5037
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Cumberland, Northumberland, and Westmorland.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek refurbishment of the towns and castles of Carlisle, Newcastle, Roxburgh and Berwick, and that adequate constables remain therein. They claim that they are the nearest counties to the Scottish march and their sovereign security is the safe-keeping of the said cities and castles, which are so ruinous and weak that without repair they cannot resist their enemies, as the march-dwellers in this parliament can explain.
- Nature of endorsement
- That they order sufficient, to which ordinance the king will do what is in his power.
- Places mentioned
- Cumberland
- Northumberland
- Westmorland
- Scotland
- Carlisle, [Cumberland]
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Roxburgh, [Roxburghshire, Scotland]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Fraser, Northern Petitions, pp.149-151 (no.115).
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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 1927
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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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- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.149-151 (no.115) (full edition of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.30a (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149605/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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