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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 of Carlisle. King and council. The people request remedy as they have...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/319/E417
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This record is about the Liege people of Carlisle. King and council. The people request remedy as they have... dating from [c. 1307-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/E417
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Liege people of Carlisle.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request remedy as they have resided in the garrison of the town for the last 7 years and have suffered hunger, thirst and much other evil for want of wages, and have lost and pledged horses, armour and other things for default of payment, and the victuallers keep moving, will not account with them and provide wine and other victuals of little value. The king ordered at the parliament of Northampton that they be issued with clothes and money and no one can meet this because of the mischief that they have suffered.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Carlisle, [Cumberland]
- Northampton, [Northamptonshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1307-c. 1318 as the petition refers to Edward II holding a parliament at Northampton, and he did so in each of these years.
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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), pp.114-15 (no.81) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529469/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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