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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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Liege people who were burgesses of Berwick. King and council. The people request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/319/E393
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This record is about the Liege people who were burgesses of Berwick. King and council. The people request... 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/E393
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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
- Liege people who were burgesses of Berwick.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request that they can freely reside in England and trade without arrest or attachment of them or their goods, and that their children be released from prison, for their bodies will be ready at the king's pleasure.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.
- Places mentioned
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1318 as the petition clearly postdates the fall of Berwick to the Scots. It is likely that the petition is contemporary with a petition on the same matter by another former burgess of Berwick, SC 8/319/E412, which appears to date to early 1319.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition on the same matter by another burgess of Berwick, see SC 8/319/E412
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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)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), p.68 (no.37) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529445/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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