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Louis de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham. de Beaumont Louis King and Council Bishop of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/105/5230

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Reference
SC 8/105/5230
Date
[1327-1334]
Description
Petitioners
Louis de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham.
Name(s)
de Beaumont, Louis
Addressees
King and Council
Occupation
Bishop of Durham
Nature of request
The petitioner seeks pardon on an amount outstanding on a debt to the king, as the king has pardoned all manner of debts to the men of Northumberland for the great destruction that they have suffered, and the franchise of Durham and Norham lies within that county. He shows how he borrowed £233 from the late king to stock Norham Castle upon his release by Middleton, and who also owes for the sowing of certain of his demesne lands when the temporalities were restored to him, although these were later destroyed by the Scots.1)
Nature of endorsement
Coram Rege et magno consilio.2) Because this grace is made to the people of Northumberland the council cannot extend the same to the bishopric of Durham or the people of the bishop's franchise without the king's advice.
Places mentioned
Norham, [County Durham]
Northumberland.
People mentioned
Edward II, King of England
Gilbert de Middleton.
Note
Dated by Fraser, Northumberland Petitions, pp.153-4. CPR 1327-30 p.23 is dated 12 February 1327, CPR 1330-4 p.361 is dated 27 October 1332, and CPR 1330-4 p.528 is dated 1 March 1334.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/44/2156

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2644
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.153-4 (no.128) (edition of petition with references)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.361 (pardon to the people of Northumberland of debts due for victuals) & p.528 (pardon of all debts to the people of the liberty of Durham and Norham)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.23 (pardon of all debts to the people of Newcastle, Carlisle, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland)
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