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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of Northamptonshire. King and Council. The commons of Northamptonshire state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/129/6429
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This record is about the Commons of Northamptonshire. King and Council. The commons of Northamptonshire state... dating from [c. 1378] 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 8/129/6429
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of Northamptonshire.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The commons of Northamptonshire state that, since the time when John le Moyne was sheriff, the custody of Northampton Castle has been in the hands of the sheriff of Northamptonshire, and the profits of the castle and the gaol have been used to contribute towards the fee farm of the county. When the castle has been granted to others, an allowance of £30 has been granted to the sheriff for his farm. However, the commons now request remedy, as the castle and its profits have been granted to Murrers, with no such allowance being made.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Northamptonshire
- Great Shelford, [Cambridgeshire]
- Northampton, [Northamptonshire]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Henry III, King of England
- John le Moyne of Great Shelford, [Sheriff of Northamptonshire]
- William de Murrers, knight
- Edward III, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- As the petition states, Murrers was granted custody of Northampton castle on 7 October 1378, and the petition presumably dates from shortly afterwards. A note on the guard speculatively suggests 1381-2, but no evidence is cited, and since the loss of revenue would have affected every sheriff after that date, an earlier date is probably more likely.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.50 of PRO 31/7/108
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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 6061
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.277 (grant to Murrers of the keeping of Northampton Castle)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208608/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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