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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Halton, Bishop of Carlisle. de Halton John King Bishop of Carlisle The petitioner...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/103/5117
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This record is about the John de Halton, Bishop of Carlisle. de Halton John King Bishop of Carlisle The petitioner... dating from [c. 1321-c. 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 8/103/5117
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1321-c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Halton, Bishop of Carlisle.
- Name(s)
- de Halton, John
- Addressees
- King
- Occupation
- Bishop of Carlisle
- Nature of request
- The petitioner asks that on account of his great losses he be granted an allowance for his expenses. He states that the king ordered him to travel to Newcastle with other magnates on an embassy on 2 February 1321, to treat with the Scots upon certain points, and stayed nine weeks to his great expense.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the king and all his council that henceforth for the common profit of king and realm and of his bishop, that he should not travel so far from his bishopric that he if he should so suffer.Coram Rege.
- Places mentioned
- Carlisle, [Cumberland]
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Fraser, Northern Petitions, p. 136 (no.103).
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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 2100
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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)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), p.136 (no.103) (full edition of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149687/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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