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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Hartlepool. [King] and Council. The people of Hartlepool request an extension...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5767
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This record is about the People of Hartlepool. [King] and Council. The people of Hartlepool request an extension... dating from [1331-1365] 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 8/116/5767
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331-1365]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Hartlepool.
- Addressees
- [King] and Council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Hartlepool request an extension of their rights and privileges. They claim that grants made by King John and Henry III allow them the same rights and freedoms as Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and since the people of Newcastle enjoy freedoms from various tolls and levies, they now seek to be granted the same rights in consideration of the troubles suffered by them in the wars of the king and his ancestors.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let their charters be viewed in Chancery, and if they contain nothing prejudicial to the king they should be confirmed for a reasonable fine, and also let the charters of Newcastle upon Tyne be viewed, and if it is found that the charters of Hartlepool are as claimed in the petition, they should be allowed the freedoms contained in the Newcastle charters for a reasonable fine.
- Places mentioned
- Hartlepool, [County Durham]
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Cinque Ports.
- People mentioned
- John, King of England
- Henry [III], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated in Fraser, Northern Petitions to the period between 1331 and 1365. A charter of Henry III was confirmed in 1365, but not necessarily in response to this petition. A grant of murage for three years was made in 1331.
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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 4195
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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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- Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. V, 15 Edw III - 5 Hen V, 1341-1417, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.191 (confirmation by Edward III of a charter of 18 Henry III)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.163-5 (no.123) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150441/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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