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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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Mayor, bailiffs and commonalty of Newcastle upon Tyne. King and Council. The mayor...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6251
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This record is about the Mayor, bailiffs and commonalty of Newcastle upon Tyne. King and Council. The mayor... dating from [1368] 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 8/126/6251
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1368]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, bailiffs and commonalty of Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The mayor and people of Newcastle upon Tyne request remedy concerning the number of gorces constructed in the River Tyne, which they claim are blocking the passage of ships and have caused the deaths of a number of people.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- River Tyne.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? c. 1377, but no evidence cited. Dated in Northumberland Petitions to 1368, with reference to a commission to the Earl of Angus of 20 May 1368 (CCR 1364-8, p.429), seemingly issued as a result of this petition.
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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 5519
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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.252-3 (no.225) (edition of petition, and discussion)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XII, 1364-1368, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.429 (resultant commission on this issue)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208425/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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