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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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? No Petitioner named Letter from the Bailiffs and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/195/9737
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter from the Bailiffs and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne... dating from 1312 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 8/195/9737
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1312
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter from the Bailiffs and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne to the King, stating that Peter Graper, their fellow-burgess, had sent his servant, Thomas Marchaund, to Flanders to trade, in time of peace, but that, because war then broke out, Thomas gave £68, arising from this trade, to Roger de Hercheberge, a burgess of Bruges, to keep. After peace was restored Peter was unable to recover this sum, despite letters from both Edward I and Edward II to the echevins and good people of Bruges, asking for its restoration. They request a suitable remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Flanders
- Bruges, [Belgium].
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England
- Bailiffs and burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Peter Graper, burgess of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Thomas Marchaund (Merchant), servant of Peter Graper
- Roger de Hercheberge, burgess of Bruges
- Edward [I], King of England
- echevins and good people of Bruges.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated 24 April, 5 Edward II (1312).
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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)
- Latin
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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.236-7 (no.210) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295624/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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