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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of Appleby in the county of Westmorland. Treasurer. The commonalty request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/317/E268
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This record is about the Commonalty of Appleby in the county of Westmorland. Treasurer. The commonalty request... dating from [c. 1316] 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 8/317/E268
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of Appleby in the county of Westmorland.
- Addressees
- Treasurer.
- Nature of request
- The commonalty request that William de Appleby be granted the custody of the town of Appleby as Berewys the current keeper who has held the office for the last four years has expended the farm that he has levied on his own business and not to the Exchequer.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Appleby, Westmorland.
- People mentioned
- Alexander Berewys, keeper of the town of Appleby
- William [de Appelby (Appleby)], son of Simon de Appleby, burgess of Appleby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1316 as the petition states that Berewiz had held the town for the past four years, and the town was ordered to be delivered to him on 5 April 1312 [CCR 1307-13, p.416].
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.416 (order to take the town of Appleby into the king's hand and deliver it to Berewiz if they find that the farm has not been paid for two years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529320/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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