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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Tenants of Bamburgh. King and council. The tenants of Bamburgh, who leased the castle...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15512
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/311/15512
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants of Bamburgh.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The tenants of Bamburgh, who leased the castle demesne land for a fixed term of up to 40 years for 26 marks yearly, request letters patent leasing the land to them for 20 years at a fixed rent, since every time the constable of Bamburgh is changed his successor exacts a large gressum to his own use, forcing the tenants to let the land lie uncultivated.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that it should be done if it pleases the King.2) Certain men should be assigned to enquire, in the presence of the constable of Bamburgh castle, into which constables have taken such gressum, their names, the amounts taken and the yearly value of the lands; the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer should certify in Chancery the amounts for which the constables have answered for the said lands; and they should have the said land by commission of Chancery for 15 years for the usual amount.
- Places mentioned
- Bamburgh, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Constable of Bamburgh castle.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to c. 1332 by Fraser, Northumberland Petitions, p. 119, no.96. It was probably presented in Parliament in 1332, but no action taken.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later related petition see SC 8/32/1564
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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)
- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), p.119 (no.96) (summary of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682522/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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