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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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Commons of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne. King and council. The commons request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/157/7820
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This record is about the Commons of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne. King and council. The commons request... dating from [? 1348] 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 8/157/7820
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1348]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commons request a grant of murage for 20 years to heighten and repair the walls.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be done for the term of 7 years.
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1348 as the mayor and commons were granted murage for 7 years on 23 July 1348 (CPR 1348-50, p.127).
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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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- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), p.12 (no.13) (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.127 (grant of murage for 7 years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210012/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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