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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Dysorford (Dishforth), householder of Carlisle. de Dysorford (Dishforth)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E539
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This record is about the John de Dysorford (Dishforth), householder of Carlisle. de Dysorford (Dishforth)... dating from [? 1316] 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 8/322/E539
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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
- John de Dysorford (Dishforth), householder of Carlisle.
- Name(s)
- de Dysorford (Dishforth), John
- Addressees
- Council.
- Places mentioned
- Carlisle, [Cumberland].
- Nature of request
- Dysorford requests that the council will ordain for the town and castle of Carlisle what the king commanded by his letters, and that this be hastily done as the town and castle are in great peril for lack of money and victuals and the householders are in such mischief that they are scarcely able to reside there.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1316 as a John de Pokford of Dishforth was given protection for a year, prior to his mission to carry 200 marks to the keeper of Carlisle which was made presumably in response to the petition (CPR 1313-17, p.446; CCR 1313-18, p.279).
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.279 (order to the keeper of the town of Carlisle to keep the town and castle out of the £200 sent to him by the petitioner, who the constable had sent to the king upon his affairs)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.446 (letters of protection to the petitioner)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), p.113 (no.79) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529591/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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