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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Champion Champion Richard King and Council The petitioner asks for a grant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/103/5121
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This record is about the Richard Champion Champion Richard King and Council The petitioner asks for a grant... dating from [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 8/103/5121
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Champion
- Name(s)
- Champion, Richard
- Addressees
- King and Council
- Nature of request
- The petitioner asks for a grant of the tenth penny and will certify to the king what more certain mines are worth. He shows that he has discovered mines of lead and silver in many of the places of Cumberland and Westmorland, from which the king will derive much profit if he will undertake the expense.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be shown to the treasurer and he will enact this business, which is to the king's profit.Coram domino Rege.
- Places mentioned
- Cumberland
- Westmorland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Fraser, Northern Petitions, p.106 (no.72).
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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 2109
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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.106 (no.72) (summary of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149691/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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