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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bailiffs of the bishop of Durham in the liberty of Norham. Council. The bailiffs...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/161/8008
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/161/8008
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1304]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bailiffs of the bishop of Durham in the liberty of Norham.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The bailiffs request respite from the orders of the king until the return of the bishop from overseas where he is in the protection of the king. The king has ordered them by two writs to restore Hawden and Maleville, but they forfeited because they rebelled at the start of the Scottish wars and attacked the bishop's lands, and the bishop granted their lands to Fitz Marmeduke and Paunton. The bailiffs dare not disseise them without the bishop's presence of his special order.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Norham liberty, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Aymer de Hawden
- Mary [de Malevile (Maleville)], widow of William de Malville
- John Fitz Marmeduke
- Hugh de Paunton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1304 as the Chancery warrant in which it was formerly enclosed dates to 19 August 1304 (CCW 1244-1326, p.149).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the chancery warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.4879 in C 81/49
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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), pp.22-3 (no.19) (full edition of petition)
- Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.149 (chancery warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293852/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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