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People of Northumberland and of the bishopric of Durham. King and council. Request...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/130/6496

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This record is about the People of Northumberland and of the bishopric of Durham. King and council. Request... dating from [1341] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/130/6496
Date
[1341]
Description
Petitioners
People of Northumberland and of the bishopric of Durham.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request for the interchange of records between the coroners of Northumberland and of County Durham in order to facilitate the arrest of criminals escaping into adjacent areas of jurisdiction.
Nature of endorsement
Let this petition be sent into chancery and the chancellor and other wise men of the council will ordain a remedy.
Places mentioned
Northumberland
County Durham.
Note
Dated to 1341 by Fraser, Northumberland Petitions, pp. 125-6.
Related material

For transcript, see no.43 of PRO 31/7/96

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6168
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.125-6 (no.102) (edition of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208676/

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