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? No Petitioner named Letter of the mayor, bailiffs and commonalty of Berwick to...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/317/E276

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Reference
SC 8/317/E276
Date
[1317]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter of the mayor, bailiffs and commonalty of Berwick to the king stating that Irrois came to Berwick and requested that he could go to the west to harass the enemy and he was given leave to do so. He returned with his well-armed men and they are staying in defence of the town up to the date of this letter.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
Mayor, bailiffs and commonalty of the town of Berwick
Edward II, King of England
John le Irrois (Irish).
Note
The letter is dated to 1317 on the basis of the dating given by Constance Fraser (Northern Petitions, p.62)). The note attached to this petition and Fraser's discussion of the two documents points to the discrepancy in the internal evidence as to the dating of the petitions, but it seems likely that they are contemporary and refer to the same events.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), pp.165, 246 (order to the sheriff of York to raise £100 and pay it to Irish for the wages of him and his men)
  • Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), pp.384, 458, 463 (references to John le Irish in Northumberland)
  • Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.61-2 (no.31) (full edition of petition)
  • Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), p.131(a) (grant that Irish can have refuge in the castles of Berwick, Norham, Bamburgh and Warkworth in times of need)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529328/

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