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John de Thinden, clerk. de Thinden John King and council. clerk John de Thinden,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/239/11934

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Reference
SC 8/239/11934
Date
[? 1339]
Description
Petitioners
John de Thinden, clerk.
Name(s)
de Thinden, John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
clerk
Nature of request
John de Thinden, clerk, states that he was appointed by the King to repair the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne, and that he has worked for more than two and a half years on this, and made many improvements, which he lists. He asks that he might account for these works, and that he might be paid for his expenses on them and his wages. He also requests an ordinance on how this castle and its new buildings might best be kept. He also states that work is still needed on the high tower of the castle, and on the gates and drawbridges, and asks that the King might write with his will on this to the Chancellor and Treasurer and the other members of the council in England. And he asks that the Chancellor might send a writ to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to account with him, and to give him an allowance for his wages and those of his workmen, on the testimony of the Mayor and Bailiffs of Newcastle.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
[Philippa of Hainault], Queen of England
Mayor and Bailiffs of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Note
The petition is dated to? 1339 as the petition was probably formerly enclosed with no.11810 of C 81/254 which dates to 24 March 13 Edw. III.
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was probably formerly enclosed, see no.11810 of C 81/254

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.99-101 (no.79) (full edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335498/

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