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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Lewis de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham. de Beaumont Lewis King and council. Bishop of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15542
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/311/15542
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Lewis de Beaumont, Bishop of Durham.
- Name(s)
- de Beaumont, Lewis
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Durham
- Nature of request
- Lewis, Bishop of Durham requests remedy because when Grey was constable of Norham castle he received a loan of £113 from the King without the bishop's permission. Grey claims he received the money from Waltham to provision the castle and pay the wages of men at arms and hobelers defending the castle.
- Nature of endorsement
- The treasurer and barons of the Exchequer and the treasurer of the rolls and remembrances of the Exchequer should be ordered that if they find that Grey has returned in the Exchequer that he has received the money without the bishop's order as the petition supposes, then the bishop should be discharged and Grey charged.
- Places mentioned
- Norham, [County Durham].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Grey, late constable of Norham castle
- Agnes [de Grey], wife of Thomas de Grey
- Edward [II], King of England
- Roger de Waltham, late keeper of the Wardrobe of Edward II.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1331, when Grey was discharged of £113 upon receipt of Edward II's writ to him concerning the keeping of Norham castle while it was besieged by Scots (CCR 1330-3, p. 367).
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.367 (order to discharge Grey of £113 upon receipt of Edward II's writ to Grey re keeping of Norham castle while besieged by Scots)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682552/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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