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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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Four valets of the garrison of Berwick. King and council. The valets request that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/318/E320
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/318/E320
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Four valets of the garrison of Berwick.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The valets request that their expenses be paid so that they can repair to their keeping [...] they having come to the king bringing messages about the situation in Berwick. . .
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- [Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1316 as it seems from the referencing in the old Index of Ancient Petitions [p.23] that this petition should be linked to several documents in C 81 that date to 1316 (C 81/93, nos. 3594B and 3594D; C 81/97, nos. 3938 and 3939).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a letter from the keeper of the town and the associated warrant concerning the condition of the garrison there, see nos. 3938 and 3939 in C 81/97
For a series of petitions concerning the garrison of Berwick and a letter, see nos. 3594B and 3594D in C 81/93
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529372/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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