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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the city of Carlisle. King and council. The people request that the new...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/204/10187
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This record is about the People of the city of Carlisle. King and council. The people request that the new... 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 8/204/10187
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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
- People of the city of Carlisle.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request that the new tax for which they are charged at the tenth penny for rents and the fifteenth for their movables be released or respited as they are grievously distrained for it and their doorways sealed up.
- Places mentioned
- Carlisle, [Cumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1312 on the basis of the brief discussion of the date provided by Fraser (Northern Petitions, pp.111-12 (no.77)). She suggests that the tax referred to in the petition is the tallage of 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)
- 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)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.111-12 (no.77) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333742/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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