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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Letter of the mayor, bailiffs and commonalty requesting that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/270/13455
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter of the mayor, bailiffs and commonalty requesting that... dating from 1299 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 8/270/13455
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1299
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter of the mayor, bailiffs and commonalty requesting that Carmelite friars be moved from their current location to the house of the Friars of the Sack where only one brother resides, as the present site is rendered unsuitable by the town walls.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king has granted this so far as he can, and let the bishop be written to that he will grant this.
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Mayor, bailiffs and commonalty of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Edward I, King of England
- Carmelite friars of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Friars of the Sack of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The letter dates to 1299 as the dating clause gives the date Friday next after the feast of the purification, 28 Edw. I (4 February 1299).
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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.19-20 (no.17) (full edition of petition)
- Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), pp.243-4 (mandate and memorandum concerning the failure of the mayor and commonalty to make certification of their actions in this matter) & p.263 (mandate to remove the friars to the house of the friars of the sack)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517402/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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