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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Baudewyn (Baldwin), son of Thomas Baldwin, knight, late burgess of Berwick....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/319/E374
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This record is about the John Baudewyn (Baldwin), son of Thomas Baldwin, knight, late burgess of Berwick.... dating from [c. 1318] 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 8/319/E374
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Baudewyn (Baldwin), son of Thomas Baldwin, knight, late burgess of Berwick.
- Name(s)
- Baudewyn (Baldwin), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- burgess of Berwick
- Nature of request
- Baudewyn states that he has served the king in his Scottish wars without taking a penny, and that he did not agree to the keeping of the town being entrusted to the burgesses because he always warned that the town would be lost because of their greed and inexperience. He requests that this be enquired into for the king's profit so that it may be known who was responsible for the loss of the town, and pity be taken on those who were not: he requests sustenance for him and his wife and children as he lost everything in the town and afterwards had to ransom his wife and children from prison, his eldest son still being a hostage.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1318 as it is clearly in the aftermath of the fall of Berwick to the Scots in that year.
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.671 (mandate for the reception of the hostages from the burgesses of Berwick for security, the burgesses taking upon themselves the defence of their town for the king's use)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.65-6 (no.34) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529426/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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