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The people of Newcastle upon Tyne King. The petition asks that as Newcastle upon...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/236/11790
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This record is about the The people of Newcastle upon Tyne King. The petition asks that as Newcastle upon... dating from [? 1383] 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 8/236/11790
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1383]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The people of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petition asks that as Newcastle upon Tyne is in the Scottish March and the greatest salvation of the realm in the north, and that as war appears to be brewing in those parts, Lord Neville might be appointed there, and that he might assign others below him to make a full inspection of the town and the commons there, with a view to its defence.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Sent to the council.Mountagu.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland]
- Scottish March.
- People mentioned
- [John de Neville], Lord Neville
- Mountagu (Montagu).
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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)
- Rotuli Scotiae, vol. II, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1819), p.55 (appointment of Neville in the requested terms)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335350/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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