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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Wessington. de Wessington John King. John de Wessington states that the community...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/149/7419
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/149/7419
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1317]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Wessington.
- Name(s)
- de Wessington, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John de Wessington states that the community of the bishopric of Durham sent him to Robert de Bruys as a hostage for money due for a truce, and that he was held for two years after the day on which payment was due because 36 marks remained unpaid, which sum he eventually paid himself to have his liberty. He has tried to raise this sum from the community without success, and requests a letter to the Bishop or his deputy to give him justice and a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Bishop is to be ordered that, when he has heard the complaint concerning the contents of the petition, he is to have justice done, so that the King does not hear any further complaint on this matter.
- Places mentioned
- Bishopric of Durham.
- People mentioned
- Robert [I], de Bruys (Brus, Bruce), [King of Scotland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1317 by Northern Petitions pp.173-4 (no.128).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.100 of PRO 31/7/95
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.173-4 (no.128) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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