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Mayor and men of Newcastle upon Tyne. King and council. Request for the attention...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/207/10313

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This record is about the Mayor and men of Newcastle upon Tyne. King and council. Request for the attention... dating from [1365] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/207/10313
Date
[1365]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor and men of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request for the attention of the king and council to a licence of confraternity deceitfully obtained in chancery, recently annulled by king and council but now about to be revived by the machinations of certain men of the town.
Nature of endorsement
Let the ordinances and fraternity be repealed in this present parliament and let them have letters patent accordingly.
Places mentioned
Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
Note
Dated by Fraser, Northumberland Petitions, pp. 97-8 and PROME, parliament of 1365, Appendix no. 4.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.250-251 (no 223) (edition of petition and context)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of 1365, Appendix no. 4 (summary of petition and references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333869/

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