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John de Denton. de Denton John King and council. Request for intervention in the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/209/10439

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SC 8/209/10439
Date
[1341]
Description
Petitioners
John de Denton.
Name(s)
de Denton, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request for intervention in the affairs of Newcastle following a contested election for the mayoralty, the supporters of the petitioner's rival, Acton, having seized the keys to the town gates.
Nature of endorsement
[None.]
Places mentioned
Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
Richard de Acton
Gilbert Haukyn
Peter Grapere
Robert de Haliwell
William de Acton.
Note
Dated by Fraser, Northumberland Petitions, pp. 33-4.
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.33-34 (no. 28) (summary of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333996/

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