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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Sheriff of Northumberland. King. Sheriff of Northumberland The sheriff of Northumberland...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/218/10900A
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This record is about the Sheriff of Northumberland. King. Sheriff of Northumberland The sheriff of Northumberland... dating from [1279] 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 8/218/10900A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1279]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Sheriff of Northumberland.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Sheriff of Northumberland
- Nature of request
- The sheriff of Northumberland makes complaint regarding the mayor, bailiffs and commonalty of Newcastle upon Tyne, stating that whereas he was charged by the recent eyre to distrain the goods of various felons in Newcastle and the rest of the county, armed people from Newcastle have assaulted his officers and taken back the distrained goods.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Northumberland
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Fraser to 1279, with reference to an eyre appointed in the northern counties in 1278, and a commission of august 1279 into resistance by the men of Newcastle to these distraints.
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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), pp.18-19 (no.16) (edition and summary of petition, with references)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. I, 1272-1281, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.277 (appointment of a general eyre in Cumberland, Westmorland and Northumberland) & p.326 (commission into assaults upon the king's officers by the burgesses of Newcastle)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334458/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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