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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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Prior and convent of Hexham. King. The Prior and Convent of Hexham request pardon...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/115/5749
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This record is about the Prior and convent of Hexham. King. The Prior and Convent of Hexham request pardon... dating from [1331] 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 8/115/5749
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Hexham.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and Convent of Hexham request pardon from the remaining £63 10s of a debt of £71 10s owed to the king for victuals bought at Newcastle in the time of Edward II. They have suffered greatly from the war, and ask that the king have regard for the losses he himself inflicted on them at Haydon Bridge.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the Council that, if it pleases the king and on account of the great losses and destruction suffered by them on account of the Scottish war, they should be pardoned the said sum.It pleases the King.
- Places mentioned
- Hexham, Northumberland
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Haydon Bridge, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- [Edward II, King of England].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The writ authorizing the discharging of this debt was issued on 8 October 1331. The reference to Haydon Bridge refers back to Edward III's campaign in Northumberland in 1327.
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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 4159
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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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- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.196-7 (no.174) (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.267 (order to the Exchequer to discharge this debt)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150423/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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