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Prior and convent of Durham. King and council. The petitioners request that a remedy...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/107/5312

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Reference
SC 8/107/5312
Date
[1346-1357]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of Durham.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioners request that a remedy is ordained as much of their sustenance comes from the north on the march of Scotland and is destroyed in the greater part by the Scottish enemy, and they have been ousted by Stewardt from one of their cells called Coldingham and Coldinghamshire in the march of Scotland which is valued at 1,000 marks per annum of which they and their predecessors have been seised as of their church of Durham, and as parcel of the realm of England, and it is occupied by the earl of March in disinheritance of the king and to the destruction of the house. They also request remedy as now at the request of the Scots the pope has installed an unnamed cardinal there.
Nature of endorsement
The lords of the March are to be charged to treat on this matter to have repair in due manner of the attempt.
Places mentioned
Coldingham, [Berwickshire, Scotland]
Durham, [County Durham].
People mentioned
Robert Steward (Stewart), guardian of Scotland.
Note
Dated by Fraser, Northern Petitions, pp. 185-6, to 1346-57, on the basis of the reference to Robert Steward as guardian of Scotland during the imprisonment of David II in England.
Related material

For transcript, see no.49 of PRO 31/7/110

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2776
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.185-6 (no.139) (full edition of petition)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149882/

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