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Mayor and people of Berwick-upon-Tweed. King and council. The Mayor and people of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/239/11930

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This record is about the Mayor and people of Berwick-upon-Tweed. King and council. The Mayor and people of... dating from [1353] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/239/11930
Date
[1353]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor and people of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The Mayor and people of Berwick-upon-Tweed state that the wools from within the King's lordship in Scotland which used to be shipped from Berwick are now, because of the embargo, being handed over to the King's Scottish enemies. They request writs to the Chancellor, Chamberlain and Sheriff of Berwick to inquire into how much wool is produced by this lordship, and that this amount might be allowed to pass overseas.
Nature of endorsement
It is to be answered that it is expected that the staple and the passage of wools will be open in England at Lammas, and then the passage will be open at Berwick. And in the meantime there is to be an inquiry into the things contained in this bill.
Places mentioned
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
Scotland.
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was originally enclosed see no.22176 in C 81/357

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.52-53 (no.26) (full edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335494/

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