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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the liberty of Durham. King and council. The petitioners request relief...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/107/5334
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This record is about the People of the liberty of Durham. King and council. The petitioners request relief... dating from [1333-1334] 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 8/107/5334
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1333-1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the liberty of Durham.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request relief of the 1,000 marks imposed on them by way of fine for the lifting of the eyre of Durham ordered by the king during the vacancy of the bishopric.
- Nature of endorsement
- They shall have respite until Michaelmas [and thereafter] the king and his council will ordain on the matter.
- Places mentioned
- Durham, [County Durham]
- Sadberge, [County Durham]
- Northumberland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by reference to Fraser, Northern Petitions, pp. 229-232, which prints and disucsses SC 8/12/588, a complete copy of this fragmentary petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A related petition is SC 8/43/2148
For a complete copy of this petition see SC 8/12/588
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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 2815
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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), pp.229-232 (edition of a complete copy of this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149904/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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