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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Belle of Hartlepool. Belle John King and council. Belle requests that he be...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7522
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This record is about the John Belle of Hartlepool. Belle John King and council. Belle requests that he be... dating from [c. 1332] 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 8/151/7522
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Belle of Hartlepool.
- Name(s)
- Belle, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Belle requests that he be paid wages similar to other controllers at Newcastle and elsewhere as the king made him controller of Hartlepool at the customary wage, but the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer will not pay him as he was the first controller and there is no customary wage.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that having regard for what other controllers in other ports received for their wages, they should pay him for the time that he has resided at their discretion.
- Places mentioned
- Hartlepool, [County Durham]
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Boston, [Lincolnshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1332 as Belle was appointed controller on 27 January 1332 (CFR 1327-37, pp.296-7).
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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)
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- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.296-7 ( commission to the petitioner to collect the customs during pleasure)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.162-3 (no.122) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209708/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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