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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Warenne, earl of Warenne and keeper of the castle of Bamburgh. de Warenne,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/161/8014
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This record is about the John de Warenne, earl of Warenne and keeper of the castle of Bamburgh. de Warenne,... dating from [1303] 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 8/161/8014
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1303]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Warenne, earl of Warenne and keeper of the castle of Bamburgh.
- Name(s)
- de Warenne, earl of Warenne, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- keeper of the castle of Bamburgh
- Nature of request
- Warenne requests that the king send someone by a commission of oyer and terminer to enquire of the great trouble that Legger has committed to the king's tenants, and that it be enquired of by people of the same liberty. Warenne complains that Legge has disseised the king of three bondagers at Beadnell, though he only be a dreng with no lordship, and that when Warenne summoned him before him he did not wish to answer to law, and Warenne has commanded him to the keeping of his constable at the castle until the king sends someone.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bamburgh, [Northumberland]
- Beadnell, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Thomas Legger, dreng.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1303 as the Chancery warrant in which it was formerly enclosed dates to 20 June 1303 (31 Edw. I) (C 81/33, no.3295).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery warrant, see no.3295 in C 81/33
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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)
- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.20-1 (no.18) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293858/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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