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Hugh Hecham of Newcastle upon Tyne. Hecham Hugh King and Council. Hugh requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/115/5737
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/115/5737
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh Hecham of Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Name(s)
- Hecham, Hugh
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- Hugh requests that two messuages in Berwick-upon-Tweed be granted to him and his heirs at an annual rent. The messuages were in the king's hands after the forfeitures of Peter de Kymbrigeham and Ralph de Staunford, enemies of the king, and had been granted to Hugh until Martinmas 1334.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Written twice, once in Latin, once in French. Latin endorsement cancelled]He should have the said tenements for six years for the same rent. He should find security for the sheriff of Berwick for inhabiting these tenements himself or by other sufficient Englishmen, and should sustain the said tenements in good order as he has done; and he should pay the farm speedily to the king.
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- The Ness, [Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland]
- Bradthrughgang, [Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Peter de Kymbrigeham
- Ralph de Staunford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The eight-year rental period is noted as ending at Martinmas 1334, and they were re-granted for fifteen years on 17 June 1334. Presumably the petition was presented shortly before the grant, but the endorsement only refers to a grant of a further six years, not the fifteen actually granted.
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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 4068
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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)
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- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.19-20 (no.8) (full edition of petition)
- Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), p.273 (grant of these tenements to Hugh de Hecham for fifteen years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150411/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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