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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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Poor tenants of Newcastle upon Tyne. King and Council. The people of Newcastle state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/129/6420
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This record is about the Poor tenants of Newcastle upon Tyne. King and Council. The people of Newcastle state... dating from [1382] 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 8/129/6420
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1382]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor tenants of Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Newcastle state that, because the Bishop of Norwich's tenants in King's Lynn now claim to be free from tolls in the port of Newcastle, they have arrested goods belonging to Philip and others worth £280 in retaliation for tolls collected at Newcastle amounting to £22, and refuse to release them until they receive sureties worth £400. They therefore request the release of the goods, and the annulment of the bond.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Northumberland
- King's Lynn, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- [Henry Despenser], Bishop of Norwich
- Thomas Philip of Newcastle.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Fraser to 1382, with reference to the consequent orders to the sheriff of Norfolk and the Mayor and bailiffs of Lynn. The long preamble is almost identical to that of SC 8/129/6422, a petition of 1384 against the Bishop of Durham.
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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 6050
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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.222-3 (no. 200) (full edition of petition, with discussion)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), p.174 (order to the sheriff of Norfolk to release three ships of Thomas Phillipp and John Slegill) & p.253 (order to the mayor and bailiffs of Lynn to release the goods)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208599/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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