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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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Burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme. King. The burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/218/10874
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This record is about the Burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme. King. The burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme request... dating from [? c. 1322] 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 8/218/10874
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme request that the king confirm their charters, and confirm that they hold their town for a fee farm of 40 marks, as this sum has never before been specified in their charters.They also request that they not be made to serve on inquests or assizes outside their town, or that outsiders serve on such bodies inside their town.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege.Herlaston.
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle-under-Lyme, [Staffordshire].
- People mentioned
- [William de] Herlaston.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement referring to Herlaston would suggest a date in the 1320s, possibly 1322.
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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)
- The 'Lists and Indexes' of records at the Public Record Office, Collections for a History of Staffordshi, J.C. Wedgwood, (Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucest, 1912), p.212 (translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334432/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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