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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Bamburgh ward. King and Council. [This petition is damaged and parts are...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/218/10871
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This record is about the People of Bamburgh ward. King and Council. [This petition is damaged and parts are... dating from [c. 1315] 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 8/218/10871
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Bamburgh ward.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged and parts are missing or illegible.]The people of Bamburgh ward request remedy, stating that when they spoke with Moray about a truce for £270, the constable of Bamburgh also demanded an equal sum, thus preventing the agreement. They also state that, when they brought their goods to the castle for safe-keeping, the constable charged them 12d for each plot, while the gate-keepers also charged them fines to enter and leave the castle. Finally, they state that Jack le Irys purveyed goods from them without making payment.
- Nature of endorsement
- It was agreed by the council that a writ of oyer and terminer be issued to certain people to hear and determine the trespass of the constable and the plaints.
- Places mentioned
- Bamburgh ward, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Randolph], Earl of Moray
- Robert Brus (Bruce), [King of Scotland]
- Constable of Bamburgh
- Jack le Irys (Irish).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard, and by Fraser, to c. 1315, with reference to a commission issued tat year into the actions of the constable, seemingly following a petition, and other complaints into the violent actions of Jack le Irys, one of Edward II's captains.
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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)
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- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), no.22 (pp.26-7) (edition and summary of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.309 (commission of oyer and terminer into extortions by the constable of Bamburgh)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334429/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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