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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of the bishopric of Durham between Tyne and Tees. King and council. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/326/E770
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This record is about the Commonalty of the bishopric of Durham between Tyne and Tees. King and council. The... dating from [1307] 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 8/326/E770
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of the bishopric of Durham between Tyne and Tees.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commonalty request that the king make redress to them within the bishopric of Durham of grievances and disinheritances committed by the bishop of Durham within the bishopric, the bishop having failed to make redress following an earlier complaint at Rose Castle during the last parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king is not able to answer the community of uncertain things, but if any of them wish to complain of certain things, the king will do justice.
- Places mentioned
- Durham bishopric
- River Tyne
- River Tees
- La Rose (Rose Castle), [Cumberland].
- People mentioned
- [Antony Bek], Bishop of Durham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1307 as reference is made to the parliament held in that year and it is clear that the petition is still within Edward I's reign.
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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.244-5 (no.179) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682765/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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